Fall 2011 - Dominican University Newsroom

Transcription

Non-Profit
Organization
US Postage
PAID
Dominican
University
7900 West Division Street
River Forest, IL 60305
dom.edu
Fall 2011
Address Service Requested
The Magazine of Dominican University
Named by U.S. News & World Report
as a top 20 master’s level university and
a “Great School, Great Price.”
Sustainability is a shared priority.
Printed using soy inks.
Available online at dom.edu/magazine
OUR MISSION
PA S S I N G G L A N C E S
As a Sinsinawa Dominican-sponsored institution, Dominican University
prepares students to pursue truth, to give compassionate service and
to participate in the creation of a more just and humane world.
The
University Art Collection
P A SDominican
SING GLANCES
The Dominican University
Art Collection
Over the past 100 + years, Dominican University has acquired a rich, diverse
and historically significant art collection, due primarily to generous donations
from alumnae/i and local art patrons. The collection encompasses pieces
from all over the world and from local artists, Dominican faculty and
alumnae/i,
rare 100
painting
from
Chicago artist
Joan Mitchell,
and apieces
+ years,
Over thea past
Dominican
University
has acquired
rich,
from
Salvador
Dali,
Jean-Francois
Raffaelli,
Georges
Rouault
and
Oak
diverse and historically significant art collection, due primarily to
Park
artist Carl
Krafft. from alumnae/i and local art patrons. The
generous
donations
collection encompasses
piecesappraisal
from all and
overrestoration
the world firm,
and from
In collaboration
with an external
student
local
artists,
Dominican
faculty
and
alumnae/i,
a
rare
painting
from
interns have undertaken the important task of researching and cataloging
Chicago
artist
Joan
Mitchell,
pieces
from Salvador
each
piece. To
date,
more
than 50and
works
are included
in the Dali,
catalog and
Jean-Francoise
Raffaelli,
Georges
Rouault
and
Oak
Park
Karl Krafft.
the goal is to create an online gallery to document andartist
preserve
the
collection
electronically.
In collaboration with an external appraisal and restoration firm,
student interns have undertaken the important task of researching
and cataloging each piece. To date, more than 50 works are included
Dominican
University
supporters
may
makeanpersonal
gifts of to
non-cash
assets
in the catalog
and the
goal is to
create
online gallery
document
including
real estate,
works of electronically.
art, antiques and other objects of value in
and preserve
the collection
accordance with the university’s gift acceptance policies. Additional tax
benefits may be associated with such gifts as well as other long-term giving
arrangements including life income gifts, bequests and other options as
partPictured
of an overall
financial
and estate
Forpainting
more information,
is the early
20th-century
oil onplan.
canvas
by American contact
impressionist
Louis Betts at
of Mrs.
Hines
her daughter.
University
Advancement
(708)Edward
524-6307
orand
development
@dom.edu.
The recently restored painting now hangs in the President’s Office.
Pictured is the early 20th-century oil on canvas painting by American
impressionist Louis Betts of Mrs. Edward Hines and her daughter.
The recently restored painting now hangs in the President’s Office.
Stars On and
Off the Field
Probing the Biological Basis of Memory
Fulbright Scholar Aims to Transform
the World of Children
Sustainable Strength for the Future
Dominican’s Priory Campus: Seriously Serene
Fall 2011
From the President
The Magazine of Dominican University
Dear Alumnae/i and Special Friends:
I confess that I am an obsessively loyal fan of the Dominican Stars, and I deeply value the role
that NCAA Division III (DIII) athletics plays in the development of young adults. So, join me in
celebrating 30 years of varsity sports at Dominican University — and take a sneak peek at our
new outdoor athletic facility!
As I mentioned in my annual letter to alumnae/i, athletics is thriving at Dominican, even though
our compact campus presents some home field and court challenges. This past year, for instance,
two of our teams were Northern Athletics Conference (NAC) champs and went to their respective
DIII national tournaments; women’s basketball climbed all the way to the top of the NAC South
Division and won their first NAC division championship in program history; three coaches were
voted NAC Coach of the Year; two student-athletes were named NAC Players of the Year; and we
had three All-Americans, including our first in softball. In addition, just recently, Dominican
Director of Athletics Erick Baumann ’93 was ranked as the 15th-most successful soccer coach
in the NCAA — across all divisions!
The fact that DU athletes also are high achievers academically is an important part of the
story. This year there are more than three dozen Presidential and Dean’s Scholars on our varsity
rosters. Sixty-eight Dominican Stars were named NAC Scholar-Athletes last year and the Athletics
Department GPA has been over 3.0 for 10 semesters in a row! Oops, I hope that my pride does
not jinx that one! These are fine young women and men, who represent the university with distinction.
Speaking of distinction, let me refer you to two other articles in this magazine that highlight
additional reputation-building opportunities for our small, but aspiring, university. Last spring,
with the leadership of Senior Vice President Amy McCormack, Dominican launched its campus
sustainability plan, 4Rfuture. In August, Illinois Lieutenant
Governor Sheila Simon joined me in front of Parmer Hall, to
formally sign the Illinois Campus Sustainability Compact. For
Dominican, sustainability is about more than the environment;
it represents the promise of a decent life for future generations.
I like to think that, in some way, the scholarship of Dominican
faculty is advancing that promise, which is why I am delighted
to see faculty achieving recognition and external support for
their good work. I refer you to the article about an NIH-funded
The DU Stars soccer teams kicked off their
2011
season on a new synthetic turf field.
research study underway at Dominican in neuroscience. Such
funding also provides exceptional opportunities for students to
work collaboratively with faculty on solutions to real-life problems.
A rigorous, relevant and well-rounded Dominican education — that is our goal, and that is the
subtext of this magazine. Dominican University is committed to the development of the whole
student — intellectually, socially, spiritually and physically — so that she or he can participate in
the creation of a more just, humane and sustainable world.
I know that so many of our alums are already out there doing such transforming work.
That makes me very proud.
Sincerely,
Donna M. Carroll
President
DU NEWS
DEPARTMENTS
2 E
ndowed Chairs: Marks of
21 Faculty Briefs
Distinction and Excellence
24 Class News
3 BSB’s 2011
Community Leaders
GSLIS Alums Named
Top Librarians
See the Newest Campus Changes: Lewis Link
Expansion is Open, DU Stars Christen New Soccer Field
4 2 011 Ethics and
Leadership Lecture
New Staff Appointment
Hooray for Harry!
11
24
35 In Sympathy
36 Calendar of Events
Back Cover Passing Glances
BACK
F E AT U R E S
Stars On and Off the Field
6
Seriously Serene
11
5
5 A Season Filled with
World-Class Performers
A Photo Essay of Dominican’s Priory Campus
Sustainable Strength for the Future
14
16
Alumnae/i Spotlight:
Christopher Koetke
Probing the Biological
18
Basis of Memory
PRES I DE N T
Donna M. Carroll
VICE PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
Grace Cichomska
CHI E F MARKE TI N G AN D
COMMU N I CATI ON S OF F I CE R
Jeff Kraft
E DI TOR
Tina Weinheimer
ART DI RECTOR
View the online version
of Dominican Magazine
for the content included
in the printed magazine
and recent issues you may
have missed.
dom.edu/magazine
20 More
Than a Philosophy
Fulbright Scholar Aims to
Transform the World of Children
Pam Norpell
DES I GN
Pagliuco Design Company
Dominican University
7900 West Division St.
708 366 2490
dom.edu
magazine@dom.edu
Dominican University Magazine is
published semiannually by the Office
of Marketing and Communications.
Reproduction in whole or part is
prohibited without written permission.
©2011 Dominican University
2
DU NEWS
DU NEWS
Endowed Chairs: Marks of Distinction and Excellence
GSLIS Alums Named Top Librarians
F
A
or a host of reasons, endowed chairs are considered one of the most valuable and important gifts to a university. A vital resource for attracting distinguished and acclaimed faculty, endowed chairs recognize the scholarship, research and expertise of faculty, which strengthens the
curriculum, elevates the profile and reputation of the university, and enhances the recruitment of potential faculty members. Dominican is
proud to announce the appointments of three endowed chairs for the 2011-12 academic year.
Minow manages the Stanford
Copyright and Fair Use website
and founded the Library Law blog.
She serves on the boards of the
Electronic Privacy Information
Center and the Freedom to Read
Foundation. She co-authored
with Tomas Lipinski, The Library’s
Legal Answer Book.
Mary Minow, AMLS, JD
A master researcher and scholar
who has achieved significant
renown in the field of library and
information science, Mary Minow,
AMLS, JD, has been appointed the
Graduate School of Library and
Information Science (GSLIS) Follett
Chair. Endowed through a gift
from the Follett Corporation, a
leading provider of educational
solutions, services and products
that empower schools, libraries,
colleges, students and lifelong
learners, the Follett Chair is the
highest academic honor bestowed
by the GSLIS.
Recently confirmed by the United
States Senate as a board member
of the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS), Minow
is currently a consultant, lecturer
and author, and former librarian
and library trustee. Her specialty
is consulting on library legal issues
for libraries nationwide. With a
career emphasis on intellectual
freedom, Minow was the first
recipient of the California Library
Association’s Zoia Horn Intellectual
Freedom Award.
dom.edu / magazine
While at Dominican, Minow will
teach courses in the doctoral
and master’s degree programs, and
pursue research and development
related to new ebook models for
libraries and library legal issues
such as intellectual property,
intellectual freedom, The
Americans with Disabilities Act,
public records and privacy law.
In addition, she will be working
to expand continuing education
offerings to the library community.
Rev. Oliver F. Williams,
CSC, PhD
Rev. Oliver F. Williams, CSC, PhD,
has been named as the Christopher
Chair in Business Ethics for the
Brennan School of Business.
A specialist in the areas of
business ethics, corporate
governance and Catholic social
teaching, Williams is the editor
or author of 15 books as well as
numerous journal articles on
business ethics. He is the
director of the Center for
Ethics and Religious Values
in Business in the Mendoza
College of Business at the
University of Notre Dame, as
well as an associate professor
of management.
A former naval officer, Williams
earned his doctorate from
Vanderbilt University and his
bachelor’s and master’s degrees
from Notre Dame. He is a Catholic
priest in the Congregation of Holy
Cross. He served as associate
provost of the University of Notre
Dame from 1987-94 and is a past
chair of the Social Issues Division
of the Academy of Management.
In 2006, he was appointed
a member of the three-person
board of directors at the
United Nations Global Compact
Foundation. The United Nations
Global Compact is the world’s
largest voluntary corporate
citizenship initiative with more
than 5,000 businesses around
the world as members.
The Christopher Chair in Business
Ethics was established in 2002
by Doris and Jay Christopher
to focus on ethical business
practices, through annual
lectures, workshops and other
faculty and student initiatives
that ensure that ethics are
taught and practiced in every
part of the curriculum. While
at Dominican, Rev. Williams
will be a guest and keynote
lecturer for undergraduate and
graduate classes, as well as
to the broader university and
business community; and he will
collaborate with BSB faculty on
enhancing the integration of
ethics across the curriculum.
Eboo Patel, PhD
As mentioned in the Spring
issue of Dominican Magazine
(dom.edu/magazine/pluralism)
Eboo Patel, PhD, founder and
executive director of Interfaith
Youth Core (IFYC), will serve as
the Lund-Gill Chair at Dominican
University for the 2011-12 academic
year. Patel will teach an honors
seminar course in the fall on
the history and theology of
interfaith movements. In the
course, students will participate
in service learning and will
complete an interfaith project.
Patel is the author of the
award-winning book Acts of
Faith: The Story of an American
Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul
of a Generation, and a regular
contributor to the Washington
Post, National Public Radio,
USA Today and CNN.
BSB’s 2011 Community Leaders
“Community sustainability” is at the heart of the Brennan School
of Business’s Community Leadership Program (CLP), which begins
its third year this fall. This program was created by Dominican,
the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation and the
Communityworks Partnership to identify and foster the professional
and personal development of emerging and existing leaders in
Oak Park and River Forest. Facilitators from the Brennan School
of Business, along with dozens of experts in various fields, work
with participants over a nine-month period to discuss and enhance
their skills in areas including creative problem solving, developing
and managing talent, negotiation and conflict resolution, project
management and strategic planning. The three-fold goal is to
develop emerging leaders, expand participants’ community
perspectives and foster networking.
All participants live and/or work in the Oak Park/River Forest
communities, so in addition to building a network of contacts
within the communities, the participants form teams to work
on developing projects that will benefit the communities.
This past summer, 15 emerging leaders ended their year of
development and leadership by delivering three presentations
on topics and issues affecting the communities.
nthony Molaro MLIS ’08, a current student in Dominican’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science PhD
Program, and John Schumacher MLIS ’10, have been named to the
Library Journal’s 2011 list of “Movers and Shakers.” The prestigious
annual list highlights 50 people throughout the country who are
shaping the future of libraries. Molaro is the director of Highwood
Public Library, and Schumacher is the school library director at Brook
Forest School in Oak Brook, IL.
Molaro was included in the list as an “information activist.” He
is an active blogger, public speaker and an advocate for a modern
understanding of the role of librarians in a democratic society. He
co-founded Chicago Deskset, a group of librarians, bibliophiles and
information professionals who host social gatherings and support
the community. Previously, Molaro was the head of technical services
and technology at Messenger Public Library in North Aurora.
John Schumacher was recognized on the list as an advocate and
“extreme librarian.” In his work with elementary students, he uses
creative tactics to get kids reading. He frequently takes students to
Anderson’s Bookshop to hear authors talk or to check out the latest
books. He posts lists of new books on the bathroom walls at the
school, engages the students with the use of two-dimensional QR
codes, and has the older students write book recommendations
and reviews. He also encourages reading by setting personal reading
goals for himself and racking up more than 2,000 items in 2010 and
then updating the school on his progress.
To read more about Molaro, Schumacher and the other
“Movers and Shakers,” go to libraryjournal.com.
See the Newest Campus Changes
Lewis Link Expansion is Open, DU Stars Christen New Soccer Field
T
he construction barriers are down, the doors to the expanded Lewis Link are open, and the renovation of the DU Stars soccer
field is complete! Over the summer, the Lewis Link space was nearly
doubled, providing much needed office space for RCAS and GSLIS
faculty and student advising. For the soccer field, the renovation
includes replacing the natural grass playing surface with synthetic
turf, fencing off the facility and adding a press box to the west sideline.
“We are excited about the changes to the soccer facility,” says Erick
Baumann, director of athletics and head men’s soccer coach. “The
surface alone will be a tremendous benefit for our student-athletes as
it will ease some of the obstacles that continuous training and play
can have on a natural surface.”
With the first phase of the renovation complete — the surface renovation
and fencing in the facility to create a stadium-like appearance — the
second phase will commence next summer and will include a new
press box complete
with data connections
and open-air roof
level access for video.
Additional amenities to
the stadium include more
bleacher seating, an improved
public address system and a
new scoreboard.
Admission to all the DU Stars
athletic events is free, so be
sure to attend a game and
cheer on your DU Stars!
Go to dustars.com for a complete athletics schedule.
3
4
DU NEWS
DU NEWS
New Staff Appointment
2011 Ethics and Leadership Lecture
T
he upcoming season for Dominican University’s Performing Arts Center (DUPAC) is filled with world-class music and thought-provoking theater, including a refreshing, earthy lineup of artists featured as part of the Traditions Series, World Arts Series and a Theatre Arts Lab
Series. Individual tickets and ticket packages are on sale now for each series. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to dom.edu/pac.
On Tuesday, October 18, Dominican’s Brennan School of Business welcomes
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and international human rights
advocate, who will give the 2011 Ethics and Leadership Lecture.
Mary Robinson, the first woman president of Ireland (1990-1997), former United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), and founder and
former president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative (2002-2010),
has spent most of her life as a human rights advocate. The recipient of numerous
honors and awards throughout the world, President Robinson now chairs
the Council of Women World Leaders and is president of the Mary Robinson
Foundation — Climate Justice, a center
for thought leadership, education and
advocacy on the struggle for global
justice. She is also the honorary president
of Oxfam International and a member of
The Elders, a group of world leaders who
contribute their wisdom, independent
leadership, and integrity to tackling some
of the world’s toughest problems, with the
goal of making the world a better place.
Go to dom.edu/bsb to learn more about
the Ethics and Leadership Lecture or
other upcoming events and lectures.
A Season Filled With World-Class Performers
2011-2012 DUPAC Schedule
M
att Hlinak has joined Dominican University
in the new position of assistant provost for
continuing studies. A specialist in adult learning,
new program development and online education,
Hlinak comes to Dominican from the School of
Continuing Studies at Northwestern University
where he managed the professional development
certificate programs and taught courses in employment
law, legal writing and business writing. He previously
taught communications at the University of Illinois
and also has administrative and teaching experience
in the proprietary education sector. Hlinak holds
a JD from the University of Illinois and a master’s
degree from Northwestern University.
Mary Chapin Carpenter
President’s Signature Concert
Saturday, October 15, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Country-laced, melodic
folk singer-songwriter
Gypsy
Music by Jules Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
November 11-13, 2011
The classic musical about
Gypsy Rose Lee’s rise to stardom
Canadian Brass Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 3, 2011
7:30 p.m.
High-spirited virtuosity
and musical humor
The Gift of the Magi
Theatre for Young Audiences
Adapted by Jon Jory
December 3-4, 2011
O. Henry’s classic story of love,
sacrifice and the true meaning
of giving
ETHEL with Robert Mirabal
Saturday, January 28, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Music inspired by the sun
mythology of Native America
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Saturday, February 18, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Promoting world peace through
sacred performing art
The Art of Dining
by Tina Howe
February 23-26, 2012
A delicious comedy about
the psychology of food
The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
April 12-15, 2012
A provocative exploration
of human passion
Marvin Hamlisch and
Nicole Cabell
32nd Annual Trustee
Benefit Concert
Saturday, March 10, 2012
5:00 p.m.
A very special concert to
support student scholarships
Marty Stuart and his
Fabulous Superlatives
Saturday, April 21, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Grammy-winning, platinum-selling
renaissance man of country music
Ragamala Dance
Saturday, March 24, 2012
7:30 p.m.
A celebration of the universal
balance of body and nature,
soul and earth
Hooray for Harry!
D
Many attended
Potterpalooza
fully dressed
as their favorite
Harry Potter
characters.
ominican’s Potterpalooza community celebration was
a highlight event of the summer
for some 250 children and family
members, many of whom joined
in the fun dressed as their
favorite character. Amidst an
environment that in many ways
reflects the mythical Hogwarts,
the event featured a community
dinner in the dining hall, photos
with costumed characters,
classes such as “Defense
of the Dark Arts,” “Divination,”
“Charms,” “Herbology,” “Potions”
and “Care of Magical Creatures,”
all taught by DU’s own professors;
campus tours, Potter Jeopardy
and wand making. The campus
tours featured recreated scenes
from the books and movies.
With all available tickets selling
out within the first week, and the
release of the final movie just
days later, the excitement and
anticipation for the celebration
was especially high. And for
all the fans saddened by the
conclusion of the book series,
the Potterpalooza event
included a preview of the final
movie, along with an extensive
recommended reading list of
other engaging books suitable
for all reading levels.
Canadian Brass
ETHEL
Go to dom.edu/newsroom
to view a video recap of
the spectacular event.
Ragamala Dance
Marvin Hamlisch
The Mystical Arts of Tibet
Fall 2011 Dominican University Magazine
5
6
F E AT U R E
F E AT U R E
on and off the field
Make no mistake. Athletics
at Dominican University is
not all fun and games.
For the more than 180 undergraduates who make-up the university’s
12 varsity sports teams, it means daily three-hour practices when they
are in season along with intensive physical training. Two, and sometimes
three times a week the student-athletes host, or travel up to three
hours away to games by bus to the campuses of the 12 other Northern
Athletics Conference (NAC) teams in Illinois and Wisconsin, as well
as to selected non-conference games and tournaments. And, because
they are first and foremost students, they do it all while maintaining
a full course load, so their coursework is completed in the evenings
and into the wee hours of the morning.
Goalkeeper and team captain Max Gutbrod, Class of 2012, ranks
fifth nationally with 0.31 goals against average. He was named by the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America to the 1st Team
All-Region as well as to the NAC All-Conference First Team.
dom.edu / magazine
Indeed, being a Dominican student-athlete requires much more than
athletic talent. It requires commitment and dedication, and if that
isn’t enough, Athletic Director and Head Men’s Soccer Coach Erick
Baumann ’93, adds a few more expectations to the list – leadership
qualities, strong character and a competitive attitude both on the
field and in the classroom.
7
8
F E AT U R E
It is certainly these qualities that contributed to Dominican’s
incredible success in 2010-11. This past year, five teams — men’s
soccer, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, women’s basketball
and women’s softball — topped off their winning seasons with
trips to the NAC championship tournaments. Two other teams —
men’s and women’s tennis — qualified for their respective NAC
tournaments. Not only did the men’s soccer team
capture first place for the NAC regular season
and in the championship tournament, they
advanced for the ninth year in a row to the NCAA
Division III championship tournament. The
volleyball team captured their first NAC tournament
championship and went to the NCAA Division III
national tournament for the
first time in program history.
Though limited resources and
facilities have been a consistent
challenge throughout the history
F E AT U R E
of Rosary/Dominican athletics, the coaches and administration have
consistently found ways around the constraints. Today just five of the
12 sports teams practice and compete on campus, requiring the teams
to shuttle to practice sites up to 45 minutes away each day. When it
comes to home games, the “home field advantage” rules don’t
typically apply.
“The competition for recruiting prospective players is as high as it has
ever been, but the programs and majors Dominican offers are a big
draw to our students. The academics, geographic location and the
opportunities available through a small school are very attractive,”
says Baumann – who is the 15th-winningest men’s soccer coach in
the NCAA (for all levels) and seventh-winningest active coach. “Our
coaches are excellent recruiters because they overcome obstacles to
field truly competitive teams.”
While the university history of competitive athletic programming
extends back to the 1970s with the Rosary Beads teams, it was following
the appointment in 1980 of the university’s first full-time athletic
director, Joe Leary ’77, that the decision was made to transition from
intramural competition to varsity athletics. In 1981, in addition
to a full slate of intramural teams, the first “Rosary Rebels” teams
(women’s volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s basketball and men’s
basketball) joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
(NAIA) and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC).
The following year, sports scholarships were made available to incoming
athletes, providing additional opportunities to attract talented athletes.
“The move to the NAIA brought us to a new level of competition
and demanded a high level of accountability, commitment and
understanding from the athletic department, the coaches, the players
and the faculty,” says Marilyn Gerken Benakis, former registrar who
For the past 10 semesters, DU’s
student-athletes boasted a combined
3.0 grade point average or higher.
helped orchestrate and ensure compliance with the many college
and conference academic, eligibility and reporting requirements. “To
participate, we had to ensure that every athlete met and maintained
very specific eligibility requirements. There was a learning curve for
everyone that wasn’t always easy.”
“The players at the time were trailblazers in many respects,” recalls
Bill Brucks, former athletic director and head men’s basketball coach
(1983-1996). Brucks was the assistant men’s basketball coach during
the transition to the NAIA. “The seasons were long and grueling.
We had to recruit athletes who could meet and maintain both the
college’s and the NAIA’s strict academic standards and requirements.
“Also, when the Igini Sports Forum was under construction, we
didn’t have a gymnasium so our practices were at 6 a.m. at Trinity
High School,” Brucks says. “It was an adjustment coming to a small
Athletic Highlights
1970s
The Rosary Beads/Rosary Rebels
teams compete in volleyball,
basketball, cross country, tennis,
floor hockey, swimming, water polo,
badminton, bowling and ice skating.
dom.edu / magazine
institution where they played in front of a few hundred fans instead
of the thousands of fans that many of the athletes were used to as
stars of their high school teams. Yet, each player was truly a member
of the student body and every one of them graduated.”
Despite the sacrifices and challenges prior to the opening in 1988
of the Igini Sports Forum (known previously as the College Center),
Tom Trefilek, head women’s basketball coach from 1987-1993 and
again from 2000-2002, remembers not only the competitive spirit
among the athletes, but also the incredible support of the faculty,
administration and student body. “The school was incredibly
supportive in helping us build a competitive athletic program
and there was genuine enthusiasm for the teams
from the sisters, faculty and students,”
he says. “Everyone worked together
to create a tradition they could be
proud of.”
With the many winning seasons
came multiple district and
conference titles and trips
to the national NAIA tournaments,
including three consecutive trips
to the NAIA national tournament
for the Lady Rebels basketball
team from 1991-1993. “We
were in a very tough conference
and it was very exciting to see
the women develop as players,”
Trefilek says. “They had a vision
of what they wanted and they
worked hard to achieve it.”
Over the years, the athletic program
grew and strengthened and new teams
were added. Coinciding with the university
name change, in 1997, the Rebels became
known as the Dominican Stars. The most
significant transition occurred in 2000 when
Four teams join
the NAIA and CCAC
College Center/Igini
Sports Forum opens
Rosary Rebels become
the Dominican Stars
Men’s soccer team
advances to NCAA
Division III Final Four
1981
1988
1997
2009
1982
First athletic
scholarships
awarded
1987
1994
2000
2010
2011
Marty Blazek sets
the Illinois state scoring
record in Men’s Basketball
with 2,955 career points
Lady Rebels basketball
team makes fourth
consecutive trip to NAIA
National Tournament
Dominican joins
the NCAA Division III
Women’s basketball
team captures NAC division
championship to become
the first worst-to-first
turnaround in NAC history
Athletics Hall of Fame
hold first induction
ceremony honoring
five individuals
9
10
F E AT U R E
the university moved from the NAIA to the National Collegiate
Athletics Association (NCAA), Division III, signaling the end of
athletic scholarships.
“The transition was based on both student and institutional need,
though initially there wasn’t a lot of confidence that we could succeed
in Division III,” says Trudi Goggin, dean of students. “Being a part
of the NCAA brings great value to the university as it builds our
reputation and attracts students.”
“Growing an institution does not happen by chance. It requires strategy
and timing,” says President Donna Carroll. “It was time to move to
the NCAA. Division III’s focus on the scholar–athlete aligned with
our aspirations as a university.”
“Athletics is an essential component
of the university experience and is
an incredible source of pride, spirit,
culture and camaraderie on campus.”
It took a few years to complete the move to NCAA Division III as new
sports teams were added to assure gender equity and to meet conference
requirements. Today, Dominican fields six women’s and six men’s teams.
“The NCAA is much bigger and more focused on traditional-age
student-athletes,” explains Baumann. “And, in Division III our
players must meet different academic requirements.”
“Athletics is an essential component of the university experience and
is an incredible source of pride, spirit, culture and camaraderie on
campus,” Goggin says. “The program provides growth and leadership
development, and healthy engagement in the campus and greater
community. Our student-athletes know they represent the university
when they are out in the community.”
F E AT U R E
Following a highly successful high school soccer career, senior Max
Gutbrod, Slinger, WI, knew he wanted to keep playing at the most
competitive level possible in college, so he initially pursued several
NCAA Division I opportunities. Just a few weeks shy of signing on
at a Division I school, Gutbrod sat down with the DU coaches and
players and felt an immediate difference.
“I knew DU’s reputation as a soccer powerhouse, and when I saw the
beautiful campus and learned about the business degree program, I
made my decision to come here,” DU’s star goalkeeper and team captain
says. “It’s been an incredible experience, and I’ve grown and learned
so much being a part of the team. Coach Baumann is a great leader
and I have relationships with my teammates and classmates that I
know I couldn’t get any place else.”
“While there have been many wonderful victories on the field, some
of our greatest victories have taken place off the field, or came from
our losses,” Goggin says. “Academics and personal development are
more important than any athletic outcome, and our coaches really
utilize these teachable moments.”
The magnitude of those off-court/field victories and excellence in the
classroom is significant. For the past 10 semesters, DU’s student athletes
boasted a combined 3.0 grade point average (gpa) or higher. This past
academic year, 68 athletes were named as scholar-athletes by the NAC
for maintaining a minimum 3.25 gpa while competing on at least one
varsity athletic team. Three of DU’s men’s basketball players were named
to the 2010-11 NABC Honors Court, while for the second year in a
row, the women’s volleyball received the Team Academic Award for
maintaining a minimum 3.3 gpa throughout the year. Other
student-athlete achievements include an Academic All-American, three
All-Americans and nine All-Region honors. And, in recognition of
the teams’ stellar leadership, three DU head coaches – Erick Baumann
(Men’s Soccer), Christine Paciero (Women’s Volleyball), and Michael
Lane (Women’s Basketball) – were named Coach of the Year by the NAC.
“Though we have a long way to go and continue to work toward
improving our facilities, we are proud of our accomplishments,”
Baumann concludes. “We graduate student-athletes who are engaged
in their community, and they are proud to come back and support
the school.”
This past season, Dominican’s Female
Athlete of the Year Sarah Budz, Class
of 2012, set records all around for
her stellar performance on the softball
field, the basketball court and the
classroom. For her achievements on
the softball field, Budz was named
All-American by the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association, was named
to the Capital One Academic
All-America Softball Team and
as the NAC Player of the Year. For
her basketball achievements, Budz
achieved All-Conference honors and
First Team Academic All-District honors.
dom.edu / magazine
seriously serene
ven after becoming a “new campus”
for Dominican University in 2001, the
Priory Campus remains a sanctuary
of calm, recognized for its beauty and serene
and spiritual environment. The outside of
the majestic building is surrounded by
peaceful gardens overflowing with flowers
and vegetables, ivy-covered walkways
and a tranquil lily pond, while the inside
spaces include the warm, quiet chapel;
gothic-style archways and windows; and of
course the hustle of students — interrupted
occasionally by squeals of laughter and
chatter from toddlers and young children.
In addition to student housing, the Priory
is home to Dominican’s Graduate School
of Social Work, School of Continuing Studies,
the Rose K. Goedert Center for Early Childhood
Education, and the Siena Center, and space
is subleased to ELS for students studying
the English language. Throughout the week
and well into the evening hours, the
campus hums with classes, residence hall
life, and Dominican-sponsored and
community lectures and conferences
featuring noted speakers and dignitaries.
We extend an open invitation to all
alumnae/i and friends to visit the Priory
Campus to experience the beauty and
serenity for yourself!
11
14
F E AT U R E
F E AT U R E
top: Dominican’s community
garden is maintained by
volunteers. A portion of the
harvest is donated to a
local food pantry.
Middle: The permeable pavers
in the west parking lot
are engineered to cleanse
the rain water as it percolates
into the ground to naturally
hydrate surrounding trees.
Bottom: Students, faculty and
staff can check out a bike
for free from the main
desks at the Main and
Priory campuses.
hrough the back door of
the Albertus Magnus Arts
Center (formerly the Science
Building), down a steep flight
of stairs, past the noisy boilers,
in a dark and dingy back room
is located one of the greenest
features in Dominican’s
sustainability efforts. The
90-year-old cistern doesn’t look
like much, but this simple water
tank is able to collect gallons upon
gallons of rainwater from the roofs
of the original campus buildings
and excess water that is pumped
out of the basement of Centennial
Hall. After the cistern was restored
a couple years ago, the water
collected has been used to irrigate
campus and to replenish water
for the air conditioners in Parmer
Hall, saving four to six million
gallons of potable water a year.
The cistern is just one of many
ways that Dominican is conserving
resources by retrofitting old
technologies and using new
innovations. Under the direction
dom.edu / magazine
of Amy McCormack, senior
vice president for finance and
administration, the university
has launched an overarching
sustainability planning effort
titled 4Rfuture. The title pays
tribute to the traditional three Rs
of green living: reduce, reuse and
recycle. The fourth R in the plan
stands for respect. “Respect for our
Earth and the future state of living
on it is the umbrella for all of
these green initiatives. There
are many opportunities to
live a more conscious lifestyle
and support the economy and
sustainability,” McCormack says.
The 4Rfuture initiative has
brought together a group
of more than 25 faculty, staff and
students to serve on a sustainability
planning committee. In addition,
events have been held on campus
about topics such as local food,
community gardening, geothermal
energy, carbon emissions from
energy and transportation.
McCormack hopes to make
sustainability planning more
a part of the curriculum and
get more students, faculty and
staff involved. In the fall, Physical
Plant will hire two sustainability
stewards, student workers who
will help promote 4Rfuture on
campus. In addition, a student
internship will be established to
work on sustainability tracking
and assessment, developing
best practices and policies,
and programming of events
to educate and build awareness
on sustainability topics.
“I’m hoping that down the
road 4Rfuture and student
awareness become integrated
in not only the sustainability
program, but the curriculum
and their personal lives as well,”
McCormack says.
Several sustainability projects
have already been completed on
campus. More than a decade ago,
permeable pavers were installed
in the west parking lot. The holes
between the pavers allow rainwater
to filter through to the ground
and to the roots of trees and
plants. This also prevents
unnecessary runoffs into the
sewer system. A bioswale behind
Parmer Hall also filters and
diverts the water from the roof
of Parmer through an area with
native trees and plants.
The original ventilation system
in Lewis Hall was retrofitted
to air condition the building,
allowing the university to remove
the inefficient window air
conditioners. Energy-efficient
lighting and boilers were installed
on campus, and a building
automation system controls the
energy settings on campus. The
university also uses innovations
such as occupancy sensors,
solar-powered lights, day lighting
and heat recovery to save energy.
Construction of new buildings,
such as Parmer Hall and the
parking garage, have also involved
green elements. Parmer Hall was
built following Leadership in
Energy and Environmental Design
(LEED) criteria, and builders
used recycled content and local
materials. The parking garage
uses day lighting, so light
levels automatically dim if
natural light levels are high.
greenhouse gas emissions,
there would also be a financial
incentive to utilizing geothermal
and solar technologies.
The university is also in the
process of planning future
sustainability projects. Over a
year ago, Dominican launched
BikeDU, a free bike-sharing
program on campus. Due to
its popularity, the program is
looking to expand by offering
more bikes and giving students
the chance to rent bikes for an
entire semester.
As part of the 4Rfuture planning
effort, McCormack hopes
the university will be able to
further evaluate sustainability
commitments and pledges.
In August, the university
formally signed the Illinois
Campus Sustainability
Compact, and is evaluating the
requirements of the American
College & University Presidents’
Climate Commitment.
McCormack explains, “signing
such commitments needs to be
well informed and done with
integrity because there are
implications that will drive
future planning.”
Another organic project on
campus is a community garden
that was planted in the spring
at the Priory Campus. Staff,
faculty and students planted
and maintained the garden
throughout the summer and
donated a portion of the harvest
to a local food pantry.
The university is also investigating
the feasibility of using geothermal
technology and solar power
to provide energy to campus.
One of the largest contributors
to greenhouse gas is carbon
emissions from energy use.
Not only would the university
be able to significantly reduce its
Dominican has been committed
to conservation since the first
buildings and the cistern system
were built in the 1920s. “Some
say sustainability is the mega
movement of this century,”
McCormack says. “I think
sustainability has been part
of the fabric since the founding
of the university and will continue
to move us forward.”
15
16
F E AT U R E
F E AT U R E
ALUMNAE / I SPOTLIGHT
hristopher Koetke MBA ’07 is one of
those fortunate individuals who knew
from an early age exactly what he
wanted to be when he grew up.
“I was in sixth grade and sitting in the back seat
of the car stressing about what I wanted to be when
I grew up when it just hit me. I wanted to be a chef,”
Koetke recalls. “Whenever we had company over,
I always ended up in the kitchen, so I guess it was
destined to happen.”
With that plan in mind, at the age of 13 he landed
his first job in a professional kitchen. After several
years of correspondence back and forth with famed
chef Julia Child, at age 16 he had the opportunity
to meet the grande dame of cooking herself, and
his fate was sealed. His career has taken him to
positions in several of the world’s finest restaurants
in France and the United States, as a certified
executive chef and a certified culinary educator.
Today, as the vice president of culinary arts programs
for Laureate International Universities and the
executive director of the School of Culinary Arts
at Kendall College in Chicago, Koetke provides
strategic leadership for all of Laureate’s culinary
arts programs, which are offered at nine institutions
in nine countries. He is also the host of the
Emmy-nominated cooking show, “Let’s Dish,”
on the Live Well HD Network.
“I am eternally fascinated by food — once it is in
your blood, it never gets out,” Koetke says. “Food
is a creative outlet – thus, the name culinary arts. It
is an art form that involves creating something very
special as well as very social.”
celebrity chef & culinary educator
“I am eternally
fascinated by food –
once it is in your
blood, it never
gets out.”
In 2009, Christopher Koetke MBA ’07 (right)
was named Cooking Teacher of the Year by the
International Association of Culinary Professionals.
Of all his accomplishments, he is most proud
of his role as a teacher.
dom.edu / magazine
And like all arts, Koetke says, the culinary arts
involve a journey of discovery.
“The fun thing about a journey with food is that it
doesn’t have a foreseeable end. Like many chefs, I
have gone through phases believing and following
different styles,” he says. “The culinary arts is a
profession where upward mobility is intrinsic.”
as he assumed positions of greater leadership. In
2009, the International Association of Culinary
Professionals named him Cooking Teacher
of the Year, and under his leadership, the school
received the Academy of Culinary Arts Cordon
d’Or Gold Ribbon Cooking School of the Year
Culinary Academy Award for 2008.
“If someone had told me at the age of 15 that one
day I would have a national television show, write
a book, contribute to magazines, manage culinary
schools in nine countries and work with many of
the world’s greatest chefs, I wouldn’t have believed
it,” Koetke says. “While I’ve worked hard for it,
I’ve been incredibly fortunate.”
Koetke’s belief that education opens many unexpected
doors led him to pursue his master’s in business
administration at Dominican. “Having my MBA
has been terrifically invaluable to me as a chef.
To be successful I have to understand business and
how to make a profit. Dominican is a great place
and I’m proud to have gone there for my degree.”
This past spring, the Brennan School of Business
presented Koetke with its Alumnae/i Award for
Professional Achievement.
“I have found myself in situations meeting with
financial experts and lawyers that I was never
prepared for as a chef. Having a business background
has been essential to what I have accomplished,
and without my MBA I would not be in my current
position,” he says. “Chefs needs to understand
business because restaurant failures are not the
result of culinary mistakes, they are business mistakes.”
While Koetke wears many hats in his position,
of all of his accomplishments he says he is most
proud of his role as a teacher, where he shares
critical lessons in discipline, patience and detail.
“As a teacher, I’ve been able to touch and influence
lives, and many of my students have gone on to
great careers. They’re not just making money —
they are making a difference.”
Koetke’s career is evidence of that fact. Since
joining Kendall College in 1998 as a culinary
instructor, his teaching career progressed rapidly
17
18
F E AT U R E
F E AT U R E
19
Probing the
Biological basis
of Memory
When Robert Calin-Jageman, PhD, a behavioral psychologist, came to Dominican in 2007 to launch
the university’s neuroscience program, his appointment generated interest both on and off campus.
Excitement was high when the program officially launched a year later, but it was a $250,000 grant
from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to fund an innovative research project that put the program
on the map. Calin-Jageman and his collaborator and wife, Irina Calin-Jageman, PhD, — a neurobiologist
who works with neurons and their genetic material – are the principal investigators for the project.
“We’ve had some press and lots of excitement, and it’s been great,”
says Robert Calin-Jageman. “But the real excitement is the work itself
and where that might lead.”
Known to their students as Dr. Bob and Dr. CJ, the Calin-Jagemans
are combining their respective areas of expertise to identify the genetic
and neural changes that occur when long-term memories are formed.
Simply put, what is the molecular basis of memory? And what about
its corollary, the physiological basis of forgetting?
“We don’t know if forgetting represents the decay of long-term
memory processes or an active erasure process,” Dr. Bob says. “This
area of memory research is still new enough that almost no one has
looked at it yet.”
The basis of the Calin-Jagemans’ research is the principle that, when
an animal learns something new, that knowledge must be stored
permanently somewhere in the brain. “It takes biological support to
remember something,” Dr. Bob explains. “Ultimately, that memory
depends on the animal using its genes in a novel way — either
activating or deactivating them.”
The Calin-Jagemans’ project, “Mechanisms in the Expression and
Decay of Long-Term Habituation Memory,” relies on sea slugs
(Aplysia californica). This species is ideal for studying the neurobiology
of learning and memory due to its relatively simple nervous system,
dom.edu / magazine
consisting of just 10,000-20,000 large, easily identified neurons. Contrast
that with the 100 billion neurons in the human brain, and it’s easy
to see the appeal of sea slugs, at least in the laboratory. Despite
this neural simplicity, though, the animals can be trained at a very
rudimentary level, making them doubly well suited as laboratory subjects.
In this case, Dr. Bob and his undergraduate lab assistants train the
animals by habituating them to accept touch. “Habituation — learning
to ignore a stimulus — is the simplest thing an animal can remember,”
he says. “Normally, when sea slugs are touched, they curl up in a ball.
When we touch them over and over in the same place, they stop
curling up, but only when touched in that same place.”
What’s more, the animals remember the next day and several days after
that, curling up the untrained side of their tail but not the trained
one when touched. Some animals are harvested one day after being
trained, while others are harvested one week later.
Dr. CJ takes over in the next phase.
“We break open the cells of the particular neurons that control the
trained area — it’s only five or six out of 20,000 in the entire animal —
and let out the genetic material so we can harvest the RNA and
quantitate how expressed genes have changed very precisely,”
she says. “By knowing the sequence of the genes I’m interested in,
I can see whether the training has activated specific genes or not.”
Robert Calin-Jageman, PhD, Irina Calin-Jageman, PhD
Comparing neurons from the trained side of the body with those from the
untrained one allows identification of genes regulated in learning. By
harvesting animals at different times, we can track the memory as it fades.
There may ultimately be some public health benefits from this research.
“If we can identify genes that are important for keeping a memory,
maybe we can figure out the corresponding genes in humans, which
could allow doctors to boost patients’ memories and better treat or
even prevent memory loss,” Dr. Bob says. “But we don’t want to
overhype that possibility. These benefits may not even come during
our lifetimes.”
says. “There are relatively few labs trying to trace memory this far
into the biological system.”
Additionally, the pair believes their emphasis on using undergraduate
laboratory assistants stood out to the NIH. “This is a perfect project
for undergraduates to work on because these animals are easy to
handle, which allows the students to focus more on what they’re
doing and why they’re doing it, and they can be involved in many
parts of the protocol,” says Dr. Bob. “This is giving them significant
research experience.”
||| There may ultimately be some public health benefits from this research |||
By funding the project, the NIH seems to agree with the project’s
long-term potential. “Results may have implications not only for the
treatment of memory disorders, but also for a variety of attentional
processes thought to depend on habituation,” the Calin-Jagemans
wrote in their public health relevance statement with the grant submittal.
The Calin-Jagemans believe that one aspect of their proposal that
stood out to the NIH is the specific combination of expertise each
scientist brings to the project. “I’ve worked with neurons for a long
time and Bob has worked with sea slugs for a long time, but we’d
never contemplated putting the pieces together until now,” Dr. CJ
The NIH grant funds two student laboratory assistants per year,
year-round, for the grant’s entire three-year lifespan. Additionally, the
Office of the Provost is matching that portion of the grant, meaning
that the Calin-Jagemans now have four undergraduate research
positions funded. “These students will build real skills in the lab, go
with us to conferences and be part of our publication team,” Dr. CJ
says. “We hope it will be exciting to them.”
F A C U LT Y B R I E F S
F A C U LT Y S P O T L I G H T
S
Office of the Provost
everal years ago Marie Masterson, PhD,
assistant professor of early childhood
education, set out to “transform the
world of children through the power of positive
relationships,” and today, as Dominican’s newest
Fulbright Scholar, she is well on her way to making
that dream a reality.
“It’s a devotion…a calling…a passion for me,
and I love what I do,” she says. A member of the
School of Education faculty since 2010, Masterson
has focused her energy on developing a training
model that approaches the role of teachers in
students’ lives in a different way, refocusing
attention on positive discipline.
“This is much more than a philosophy or set
of strategies,” Masterson explains. “Research
shows that with positive, responsive, teacher-child
interactions in social and learning domains,
the high school failure rate can be cut in
half. Teachers have the power to mediate
risk factors, nurture social competence
and turn children on to learning.”
“We’re teaching a way of life, not just techniques,”
Masterson explains. “We want to treat children
with respect based on the Golden Rule, and to
nurture authentic, growth-fostering relationships.
It is life changing when we realize the impact our
words and actions have on the way others respond.
We must first influence teachers, so that they can
in turn understand their own impact in the lives of
the children. All children need someone to believe
in them — to nurture their strengths and ignite their
life purpose and mission. We want to empower
teachers to be leaders who will carry forth a vision
for equity, compassion, justice and advocacy in the
field of early childhood education.”
Rosary College of Arts and Sciences
Daniela Andrei, assistant professor of chemistry, presented
her research at the 12th Tetrahedron International
Symposium – Challenges in Organic and Bioorganic
Chemistry, held in June in Sitges, Spain. She and her students
also presented their research results at the 242nd American
Chemical Society National Meeting in August.
Daniel Beach, department chair and professor of psychology,
participated in a National Geographic expedition to Antarctica
where he conducted a research project to assess the number
and distribution of penguin species on the Antarctic
Peninsula. Beach also was interviewed on WGN radio in
June about the psychology of mob action in conjunction
with a wave of mob violence in downtown Chicago.
Tonia Bernardi Triggiano, associate professor of
Italian, published an article titled “Dante’s Heavenly
Lessons: Educative Economy in the Paradiso” in
Essays in Medieval Studies.
more than a
philosophy
Masterson received her grant award
through the Fulbright Specialist Program
(FSP) in the spring of 2011, and for six
weeks over the past summer worked in
Fulbright Scholar Aims to Transform the World
collaboration with faculty of Mahidol
University in Bangkok, Thailand, to
plan and implement a new professional
development program for quality
Since coming to Dominican from Old Dominion
improvement in early childhood education
University in Norfolk, VA, Masterson has maintained
environments. In addition, she provided training in
a jam-packed schedule that includes research, and
positive discipline practices for teachers, researchers,
writing professional books and papers and presenting
parents and professionals using The 101s Guide
at state and national conferences. Previously the
to Positive Discipline for Young Children, the early
early childhood specialist for the state of Virginia,
childhood education behavior guidance text book
she continues to serve as an educational consultant
Masterson co-authored with renowned child behavior
to the Virginia Department of Education and Head
expert Katharine C. Kersey, EdD. The FSP promotes
Start; as a textbook and journal peer reviewer; and
linkages between U.S. academics and professionals
as a member of many advisory councils,
and their counterparts at host institutions overseas.
committees and task forces. While she
U.S. faculty members and professionals are awarded
professes that advocacy for children is her
grants enabling them to engage in short-term
“fun,” when she isn’t working, she spends
collaborative projects at host institutions in more
time traveling with her similarly “globally
than 100 countries. The U.S. Department of State
focused” family and playing the violin.
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs funds
the international travel costs and provides a stipend. “It is my desire to create through intensive
training, a more peaceful world for children
“Though the laws in Thailand have changed, corporal
and families. I chose to come to Dominican
punishment and punitive practices are very much
because my work aligns directly with the
ingrained within the culture, so it is difficult to
university’s mission of giving compassionate
change peoples’ beliefs,” Masterson says. “However,
service and participating in the creation of
our research shows that training in the 101s positively
a more just and humane world.”
impacts teachers’ attitudes, practices and interactions
dom.edu / magazine
Cheryl Johnson-Odim, provost, has been elected to
the Chief Academic Officers Task Force of the Council
of Independent Colleges (CIC). She also facilitated
a workshop on the Chair/CAO relationship for the
CIC in Louisville, KY, in May.
with children and families. This work is about
integrating the human rights of children into
school policies around the world.
of Children
Marie Masterson PhD
Judy Beto, professor of nutrition sciences, was a keynote
speaker at the Hawaii Dietetic Association in May, lecturing
on the value and impact of nutrition intervention. She also
presented an interactive workshop, “Statistics 101: How
to Evaluate Published Research,” at the spring clinical
meetings of the National Kidney Foundation.
Alisa Beyer, assistant professor of psychology, wrote the
article “Improving Student Presentations: Pecha Kucha
and Just Plain PowerPoint,” published in the April 2011
issue of Teaching of Psychology. She also presented
“Assessing the Validity of Peer Assessment of Oral
Presentations: Has Psychology Arrived in Lake Wobegon?”
at the American Psychological Association Conference in
August. In April, she presented “Individual Differences,
Associated Behavior and Language During Positive and
Negative Valence Elicited Reminiscing Task (ERT)” at the
Society for Research and Child Development Conference.
Richard Calabrese, professor of communication arts
and sciences, recently completed his third year hosting
a weekly series of seminars on enhancing work
relationships at Alexian Brothers Medical Center.
Sr. Mary Clemente Davlin,OP, professor emerita of
English, wrote the essay “God and the Human Body in
Piers Plowman” as part of a festschrift for C. David Benson
for Chaucer Review, vol. 46, in summer 2011. Her recorded
lectures on Dante’s Divine Comedy were released on CD
by Now You Know Media in 2011. She also published “In
Memoriam Charles Muscatine (1920-2010)” for her former
teacher, in Chaucer Review, vol. 45.
Jennifer Dunn, assistant professor of communication,
was awarded the top paper prize from the Rhetorical
Theory and Criticism Interest Group at the Central States
Communication Association (CSCA) annual conference
for her paper “Virginity for Sale: Problematizing Public
Discourses of Virginity and Prostitution.” In addition, she
advised three undergraduates who had papers accepted
for presentation at the CSCA Undergraduate Honors
portion of this year’s conference. She is also now the
chair and program planner for the CSCA’s Media Studies
Interest Group for 2011-2012.
J. Brent Friesen, associate professor of chemistry, wrote an
article, “Dehydration of 2-Methyl-1-cyclohexanol: New
Findings from a Popular Undergraduate Laboratory
Experiment,” in the Journal of Chemical Education. He also
wrote “Phytoconstituents from Vitex agnus-castus fruits” in
Fitoterapia (2011), a peer-reviewed journal. Friesen also
attended the Teaching Guided-Inquiry Organic Chemistry
Labs workshop at the University of Minnesota this summer.
Joseph Heininger, assistant professor of English, presented
the paper “The Cosmopolitan and the Vernacular in Roddy
Doyle’s The Deportees and Other Stories” at the national
meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies in April.
Margaret Heller, web services librarian, presented the talk
“Chicago Underground Library’s Community-Based Cataloging
System,” at Code4Lib in February. She also presented the
lecture “Using the READ Scale to Track the Effort of Assessing
Electronic Resource Access Issues” at Electronic Resources
in Libraries in March and the paper “The Library Catalog as
Social Glue” at Media in Transition in May.
Alexis Howe, assistant professor of Spanish, presented
the paper “Inconvenient Truths: Disappearance and
Miguel Littín’s film Dawson, Isla 10” at the CineLit
Conference held at Portland State University in February.
Rogelia Lily Ibarra, assistant professor of Spanish, wrote
the article “Gómez de Avellaneda’s Sab: A Modernizing
Project” for the fall 2011 issue of Hispania, the official
journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish
and Portuguese (AATSP). She was awarded a Dominican
Faculty Research Summer Grant to continue her project:
“Annotating Romance: The Function of the Footnote in
Gómez de Avellaneda’s Guatimozín.”
Bill Jenkins, assistant professor of theatre arts and technical
director of the Performing Arts Center, presented “Impact
of Homicide on Families of Murder Victims” at the National
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s national conference
in January. He also presented “How Victims Experience
Defense Team Contact” at the National Alliance of Sentencing
Advocates and Mitigation Specialists conference in March.
Over the summer, he provided training on working with
victims of trauma to victim advocates and state prosecutors
in Illinois, North Carolina and Louisiana. He is also
volunteering as theatrical consultant for the renovation
of the Madison Street Theatre in Oak Park.
Hugh McElwain, professor of theology and chair of the
department of theology and pastoral ministry, presented
the lecture “Hunger: Politics and Morality” at the
Irish-American Heritage Center in May. The lecture
explored themes in the film about Irish patriot Bobby
Sands and the hunger protest that resulted in his death.
Caren Messina-Hirsch, visiting lecturer of nutrition
sciences, led the Dominican University nutrition sciences
team to victory again this year by achieving third place in
the Third Annual Burger Throwdown competition in June.
Her team’s “Abodanza Burger” featured an innovative
layered presentation of the regions of Italy, including
polenta, basil chutney, Italian salsa, salami and Italian
sausage, with an all-beef patty on tomato foccacia bread.
21
22
Nkuzi Nnam, professor of philosophy and director of the
Black World Studies program, was presented the 2010
International Scholastic Development Award by African
Lifestyle Magazine. In April, Nnam presented a paper,
“Igbo Work Ethic,” at the 9th Annual Conference of The
Igbo Studies Association at Howard University Law School.
In addition, he read a paper, “Ofo Na Ogu: Igbo Ethical
Teachings,” at the 35th Annual Conference of National
Council for Black Studies in March. He also presented
a paper, “Igbo Women: The Year 2000 and the Decade
Thereafter,” at the 19th Annual Conference of The National
Association of African American Studies in February. He
also organized Dominican’s first annual Black World Music
Festival this summer.
Valerie Rangel, adjunct professor of apparel design and
merchandising, presented a paper titled “Tailored for
Twitter: Fashion as Spectacle in the Digital Age” at the
2011 National Pop Culture Association & American Culture
Association (PCA/ACA) conference in San Antonio, TX.
Susan M. Strawn, associate professor in apparel
design and merchandising, published a chapter titled
“Entrepreneurial Applications” in the book Artisans
and Fair Trade: Crafting Development by Mary A. Littrell
& Marsha A. Dickson, (Kumarian Press, 2010). She also
was a featured guest speaker on the NPR program “On
Point” with Tom Ashbrook in February. The program’s
topic was the relationship between social media and
revivals of contemporary handcraft.
Brennan School of Business
Peter Alonzi, professor of economics and finance, presented
the paper “Universal Life Insurance – Has It Always Simply
Been a Question of Duration?” at the Academy of Economics
and Finance in Jacksonville, FL, in February.
David Aron, associate professor of marketing, co-authored
with Wayne Koprowski, assistant professor of management,
the article “Caging the Guerrilla Consumer: The Report
from Illinois” for the Journal of Academic and Business
Ethics. He and Koprowski also presented “Alternatives and
Implications: Legal Remedies for Guerrilla Consumer Behavior”
at the 2011 MBAA International Conference in March.
Dan Condon, professor of economics and quantitative
methods, presented a paper, “Religious Contributions:
A Historical Perspective,” at the international conference
of the National Business and Economics Society in March.
Robert Irons, associate professor of finance, Peter Alonzi,
professor of economics and finance, and Dan Condon,
professor of economics and quantitative methods,
presented a panel discussion titled “We Have Met the
Enemy and He is Us” for the Brennan School of Business’s
U.S. Bank Center for Economic Education in March.
Mickey Sweeney, professor of English, edited the 2010 issue
of Essays in Medieval Studies, an interdisciplinary journal
of medieval studies featuring papers delivered at the annual
meeting of the Illinois Medieval Association. She also
published an article in the spring 2011 issue of Enarratio
Tina Taylor-Ritzler, assistant professor of psychology,
wrote the article “A Catalyst-for-Change Approach to
Evaluation Capacity Building” in the spring 2011 issue
of the American Journal of Evaluation and the article
“Development and Validation of the Cultural Competence
Assessment Instrument: A Factorial Analysis” in the winter
2011 issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation. She also
presented a panel presentation titled “Culture/Diversity
Courses: What to Cover? What do Students Learn?” at the
Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in May.
Fr. Richard Woods, OP, professor of theology, wrote the
book, Meister Eckhart: Master of Mystics, which recently
was released in the United States by its publisher,
Continuum. He also presented a paper titled “Mystical
Union in the Teachings of Ibn ‘Arabi and Meister Eckhart”
at the Conference on Philosophy and Mysticism between
Europe and Asia, held by the Council for Research in Values
and Philosophy at Notre Dame University-Louaize in
Beirut, Lebanon, in May. The paper will be published
in the proceedings of the conference. Woods also was
named to the editorial board of Medieval Mystical
Theology, now the official journal of the Eckhart Society.
His series of 12 recorded lectures on “Celtic Spirituality”
was released on CD by Now You Know Media in September.
dom.edu / magazine
Carol Tallarico, associate professor of economics, and Arvid
Johnson, dean and professor of management, co-authored
the article “The Implications of Global Ecological Elasticities
for Carbon Control: A STIRPAT Formulation” for the fall 2010
issue of the Journal of Management Policy and Practice. They
also presented a paper titled “Ecological Impact Elasticities
for Fossil Fuels in OECD Countries and Their Policy
Implications” at the 2011 annual meeting of the Midwest
Decision Sciences Institute. The paper was published in
the conference’s peer-reviewed proceedings.
Christopher Stewart, assistant professor, was named
editor-in-chief of World Libraries, the international journal
of the Dominican University Graduate School of Library
and Information Science. Stewart was also named editor
of the Metrics column for the Journal of Academic
Librarianship. Stewart was a featured speaker and
panelist for the program “The 21st Century Academic
Library Building: A Forum on Recent Planning, Design,
and Construction of New Library Space” at the 2011
annual conference of the American Library Association.
K.R. Vishwanath, clinical assistant professor of management,
and Arvid Johnson, dean and professor of management,
co-authored the article “Servant Professorship and Its
Implications” for the winter 2011 issue of the International
Journal of Education Research.
Tonyia J. Tidline, associate professor and director of the
PhD program, presented a paper at the refereed First
Annual Conference on Information and Religion, hosted by
Kent State University in May. The paper, titled “Speaking
of Spirituality,” explores information practices inherent
in The What Matters Colloquium, a series of discussions
created to familiarize new faculty with the university’s
mission and administrative structure.
Graduate School of Library and
Information Science
John W. Berry, professor, was named an “Illinois
Library Luminary” by the Illinois Library Association
in February, joining 19 other distinguished colleagues
for significant contributions to state, national and
international librarianship.
Janice Del Negro, assistant professor, received the 2011
Storytelling World Resource Award for Storytelling: Art
and Technique, a book she co-wrote with Ellin Greene.
Michael Kruger, adjunct assistant professor of marketing
science, and Arvid Johnson, dean and professor of
management, presented a paper titled “A Comparison
of Distributional Assumptions for Rapid Screening of Retail
Sales Data” at the 2011 meeting of the International Academy
of Business and Public Administration Disciplines. The paper
was published in the conference’s peer-reviewed proceedings.
Kathleen Odell, assistant professor of economics, moderated
the panel discussion “Does Microfinance Really Work?” at
the 7th Annual Chicago Microfinance Conference, held at
the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in May.
Kathleen Prunty, adjunct professor, presented “Values
Centered Learning: A Philosophy of Innovation and Excellence”
for the Chief Learning Officer LearningElite Forum National
Webinar in June. She also presented “Enhancing the
Customer Experience: Philosophies and Strategies for
Success” at the Nancye B. Holt Management National
Symposium in March. Prunty also received the LearningElite
Award from Chief Learning Officer magazine in March.
Khalid A. Razaki, professor of accounting, published the
article “The Feasibility of Using Business Process Improvement
Approaches to Improve an Academic Department” in the
spring 2011 issue of the Journal of Higher Education Theory
and Practice. The paper was presented at the 19th Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Business and Behavioral
Sciences in February 2011. Razaki also co-published with
Wayne Koprowski, assistant professor of management, an
article titled “Coming of Age for a Consulting Company: An
Entrepreneurial Transition Case Study” in the Journal of
Business Cases and Applications. Razaki and Elizabeth
Collier, assistant professor of ethics, published an article
titled “Ethics: The Soul of a Business Capstone Course” in
the Journal of Academic and Business Ethics.
Mary Pat Fallon, assistant professor, wrote the article
“The Status of the Irish Research eLibrary,” published
in the April 2011 issue of World Libraries.
Ed Valauskas, instructor, presented several lectures at
libraries and museums in conjunction with the National
Library of Medicine exhibit, “Harry Potter’s World:
Renaissance Science, Magic and Medicine,” in spring
2011. He also presented “Open Access Scholarly Journals,
Libraries, Scholars, and Research: Content Creation and
Preservation on Campus,” at the LIBRAS Annual Membership
Program in May. He gave two lectures, “Plants in Print:
The Age of Botanical Discovery,” and “Treasures: The Rare
Book Collection at the Lenhardt Library,” at the Lenhardt
Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden in May. Valauskas
also published the introduction to the first issue of
Uncommon Culture, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal
on cultural activities in Europe, for which he also serves
as co-editor and advisory board member. In May, he
celebrated the 15th anniversary of First Monday, a monthly
peer-reviewed open-access journal dedicated to research
about the Internet, for which he serves as chief editor.
School of Education
Chris Hagar, associate professor, was a member of
the program committee and track chair for the education
and training panel of the 8th International Association
for the Study of Information Systems for Crisis Response
& Management conference “From Early-warning Systems
to Preparedness and Training,” held in Lisbon, Portugal
in May 2011.
Greg Harman, assistant professor, wrote the article “An
Hour in the Classroom: Pushing & Pulling Students Towards
Ideas” for the fall 2010 issue of Teaching & Learning: The
Journal of Natural Inquiry. He also wrote the article “Turn
With Students: Making Conversation a Priority in Teacher
Education” for the summer 2011 issue of Critical Questions
in Education.
Ken Haycock, professor, gave the annual Follett Lecture on
“Advocacy Revisited: New Insights Based on Research
and Evidence.” He also wrote the articles “Exemplary
Public Library Branch Managers: Their Characteristics and
Effectiveness” for Library Management, “Connecting British
Columbia (Canada) School Libraries and Student
Achievement: A Comparison of Higher and Lower
Performing Schools with Similar Overall Funding” for
School Libraries Worldwide, and “Designing and Evaluating
Library Leadership Programs: Improving Performance and
Effectiveness” for Australian Library Journal. Haycock also
was named the incoming chair of the American Library
Association’s Committee on Accreditation.
Anita Miller, assistant professor and coordinator for
online learning, presented “Collaborative Action Research:
Teacher-Researchers Coming Together Virtually to Enhance
Student Learning” at the 2011 Society for Information
Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) International
Conference in March.
Kate Marek, professor, wrote the book Organizational
Storytelling for Librarians: Using Stories for Effective
Leadership, published by the American Library Association
in January. Her book chapter “The Role of Organizational
Storytelling in Successful Project Management” was
published in Convergence of Project Management and
Knowledge Management by Scarecrow Press in December.
In April, Marek delivered the keynote address for the
Kansas Beta Phi Mu annual meeting, the organization’s
first-ever to be held via web conferencing system.
23
24
CLASS NEWS
You always belong to the
Dominican University community.
Class News provides all alumnae/i of
Dominican University with an opportunity
to share news and celebrate important life
events. Class News is prepared through the
Office of Alumnae/i Relations in cooperation
with class agents. If you would like to be
a class agent, have news to report or have
questions, please contact our office by
email at alumni@dom.edu, by phone at
(708) 524-6286, by fax at (708) 366-4197
or by mail at Office of Alumnae/i Relations,
Dominican University, 7900 West Division
Street, River Forest, IL 60305. Due to privacy
reasons we do not publish the contact
information for your class agent(s). For
questions or contact information, please
contact our office. Please note: the
magazine cannot publish pregnancy
and engagement announcements.
Class News items are submitted by alumnae/i
and do not represent positions, policies or
opinions of the Office of Alumnae/i Relations,
or Dominican University.
The class news published in this edition
was collected before May 15, 2011. News
submitted after May 15, 2011, will appear in
the next edition of the magazine, Spring
2012. Thanks for sharing your news!
Save the Date for
Alumnae/i Weekend!
Formerly known as Reunion, this
annual event will bring together
alumnae/i of many generations,
including special celebrations for
classes ending in 2 and 7. Be sure
to save June 8-10, 2012, for a
weekend of reconnecting with your
classmates. To view the schedule
of events, register online and see
which of your classmates will be
attending, go to dom.edu/aw2012.
Are you receiving our
monthly e-newsletter?
Send your email address to us at
alumni@dom.edu so you can stay
in the loop on upcoming events
and university news.
dom.edu / magazine
CLASS NEWS
1934
attends meetings of their Garden Club, Audubon
Society and Arts Council. She says Hi! to all
survivors of the class of 1945.
Catherine Power Becker is still learning new tricks
on her Apple laptop. Her daughter, Connie, gifted
her last Christmas with an Apple One-to-One
arrangement where she can frequent the Apple
store as often as she desires for one year. She
wonders what the communication modes will be
when her now 1-year-old grandson, Brett, is 87?
Camille Pascal Berley wrote from Florida that she
and her husband, Fred, celebrated their 65th
anniversary in June 2011 with their family. As of this
writing, they have 10 grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
I had a phone message from Genevieve “Gwen”
Locke, who has moved into assisted living in
Kenosha, WI. She said that things were going “as
well as possible.”
(clockwise from bottom right): Alice Field Bolger
’34 celebrated her 100th birthday with daughterin-law, Jane Vanderheiden Bolger ’58; niece, Erin
Green Groden ’66; and daughter, Mary Barbara
Bolger Anderson ’68. Alice passed away in July
2011. Please keep her family in your prayers.
1942
Eloi Watson Doss is recovering from a fall resulting
in a broken hip. Eloi recently celebrated her
90th birthday.
1945
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at Christ the
King Church in Chicago on January 5, 2011, for
Marguerite Graffy. Marge earned her master of
arts degree from Northwestern University in music
education and performance and served as a music
educator/administrator with Burbank School
District #111 for more than 40 years. Marge is
remembered as a faithful servant of Christ the
King Parish as choir member, CCD program
volunteer and Eucharistic minister.
Sarah Anne Broderick Busse was voted “Woman
of the Year” for St. Gerald’s Parish in Oak Lawn,
where she is on the board of the Women’s Club, a
member of their Senior Club and a former
Eucharistic minister and CCD teacher.
Joan Isermann Ludwig wrote that after 38 years in
her four-bedroom house she decided it was time to
sell and move to a retirement community, San
Camillo, on the west side of Milwaukee. She is not
too far from her old neighborhood and since she is
still driving, can keep in touch with friends in that
area.
Mary Elizabeth Howe Carolan wrote that she and
her husband, Larry, still live in Racine, WI. They
have four children, nine grandchildren and 10 greatgrandchildren. One of her grandchildren, Katherine
Carolan, received a master of arts in teaching in
2007 from Dominican. I wish I could have seen her
during that time. If any of you send a family
member here, please let me know.
Gay McDowell Burmeister wrote “Hooray! We’re still
alive!” She and her husband, Marsh, have
managed to outlive most of their friends, six dogs
and the 50-year shake roof on their house. Marsh
still practices patent law from home and Gay still
Sr. Marie Bertrand (Mary) Wright called me from
the Mound to say she really had no news to tell me
but I tell you I think the Motherhouse would be
much poorer without her many generous services!
I had a good visit with Catherine McGarr Krickl this
spring when Ascension Parish sponsored a lecture
on the paintings of Rouault here at Dominican, and
I joined them for evening prayers afterward in our
chapel. She and her husband attended and we
talked about their family. It was good to hear about
all her children, two of whom I taught here at DU.
I had a telephone visit with Eugenia “Genie” Bley
Lenert while at an appointment with my
dermatologist. The nurse who took my statistics
found out that I was a Rosary graduate and said
“My mother went to Rosary” and we discovered her
mother graduated in 1945! The nurse was Genie’s
daughter, Marsha Moran, who then arranged a
phone call to Genie at the end of my appointment,
and we had such a great time talking about old
times. We’re still trying to get together for a longer
visit.
You may have already seen from the Spring 2011
Dominican Magazine that I lost my brother in
December 2010. He and I were always good friends
and I miss hearing from him very much but know he
now is free from all suffering and at peace with
God. I was blessed to be able to get to Washington
for good visits with him last October and again in
November.
I will close now and thank all those of you who
answered the postcard and plead with the rest of
you to please do the same! I send you all my love
and prayers.
–Sr. Mary Woods, OP, class agent
1946
By the time you read this Class News column, our
65th class reunion, June 3-5, 2011, will be history. I
hope many of you were able to be on campus that
weekend to attend some of the functions.
We are all in our 80s now and understandably less
active than we might like to be, but we continue to
pursue our interests and remain involved with our
children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
as well as with our friends.
Betty Johnson Sine, an English major who later
worked in advertising, and her husband live in
Lampe, MO. They retired to the Ozarks, where there
are the oldest geological formations in the world as
well as many rivers and streams. Betty’s family is
very active in Indian affairs. Betty said that some
time ago their basement had flooded and her
Rosary yearbook and her class picture were ruined.
We hope that Sr. Jeanne Crapo, OP, with her
experience in the Archives at Dominican, can find
replacements for Betty. Sr. Jeanne is now deeply
involved in writing the history of Rosary/Dominican,
a prodigious undertaking.
Earlier this year, Marie Lonier Duffy awaited the
August birth of her first great-grandchild. Marie
and her husband, who live in Rolling Meadows,
have six daughters and 10 grandchildren. Marie
occasionally sees Dorothy Catalano Keleher who
lives in Hillside. Dorothy and her husband have
10 children.
Eileen Cremer Peck lives in Wild Rose, WI, which is
near Stevens Point. Eileen says she is in good
health and still drives; in fact, her driver’s license is
valid until she is 90. She has two sons, two
daughters and eight grandchildren.
Barbara McQuaid Whitmore, who lives in
Evansville, IN, has six sons and one daughter. She
feels fortunate that her sister lives very near her in
Evansville and they can enjoy spending time
together.
Rosemary Murphy Highland resides in a
retirement home in Rockford, IL. Mary Claire,
one of Rosemary’s two daughters, a retired
music teacher, is now associated with a new
multiple sclerosis research group at the
University of Iowa, which is studying the effect
of organic foods on MS patients. Already Mary
Claire is experiencing improvement in her
condition. Rosemary’s daughter, Rita, continues
teaching microbiology at the Rockford campus of
the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
Camilla Ingrassia McGuire, still a resident of
New York City, recently enjoyed a vacation in
Mexico where she “soaked up the warmth
before returning to the not-so-warm New York
City.” Camilla regretted that her two troublesome
knees would prevent her from attending the
class reunion in June.
Corinne Cohan Travis and her husband, John,
live in Alexandria, VA, near their daughter,
Monica, and her husband and three daughters.
Corinne and John are always included in Sunday
dinner plans at their daughter’s home. Monica
is a physical therapist and her husband is
a pharmacist.
Ann Linberger Troyan’s daughter, who works and
lives in New York City, entertained two of Ann’s
teenage grandsons and their family during
Christmas week. The heavy snowfall which closed
New York airports the day after Christmas did not
alter the young family’s plans to return home to
Indianapolis. They immediately rented a car and
“drove straight through,” Ann said. She added a
comment which all of us can appreciate: “Oh, to
be young again!”
Genevieve Hanley Lennon visited her daughter,
Theresa Lennon Conroy ’73, and her husband, Bill,
in Washington, D.C., last year. Genevieve attended
the class reunion.
Betty Gloudeman Scharfenberger is as busy as
ever at the retirement home in Milwaukee where
she has lived for 11 years. Serious back pain has
not allowed Betty to plan another extensive
vacation trip right now, so she is devoting her
energy to redecorating her apartment. Never a
dull moment for her!
It seems we may have a second Energizer Bunny
in our class: Edwina McDonald, who lives in
Washington, D.C. Several years ago, Edwina injured
her right leg in a fall and that injury has somewhat
curtailed her activities. But not too much! Edwina is
an active member of both the John Carroll Society
and the (Junipero) Serra Club, a Eucharistic minister
at her parish and she writes a monthly letter for the
sick and disabled members of the parish who are
unable to get to church. Her comment on growing
older is a feeling we all share: her sadness in losing
friends in death or those who have moved away
from D.C. to be near their families. Edwina asked to
be remembered to all of her Rosary classmates.
Virginia Tracy Haley’s granddaughter, Bridget
Gavin, married Scott Davis (a graduate of
Dominican University) in July at St. Juliana’s
Church in Chicago. Ann O’Shea Spengler lives in
Lemont. Her daughter informed us that Ann is
recovering from pneumonia. Mary Kiley Bowman
visits her four children who live out of town as often
as possible and she regularly sees her four children
who live in the Chicago area. Life is busy! Mary has
21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
My life is full but moves at a slow, arthritic pace.
I remain active in the book discussion group to
which I have belonged for 30 years. Not much
“moving around” is required for reading! Anne,
our daughter, lives near us and Hank and I see her
often. Our son, George, flies in from Milwaukee to
see us whenever he can. Aren’t families a cherished
blessing?
May you and your loved ones, always be well and
happy and safe. Caritas et Veritas.
–Betty Campbell Meyer, class agent
1949
Dear Classmates,
A wonderful time was had by all who were able to
attend our annual 49’ers luncheon. Thanks also to
those of you who were unable to attend but sent in
updates via letter:
Barb Perry Curley shared, “We recently celebrated
our 60th wedding anniversary. It reminded me of
the party where I met my husband, Tom. I invited
about 15 classmates and my older brother invited
about 20 fraternity brothers in town for a Purdue/
Northwestern game for a back-to-school party. We
were seniors and the fellows were back from
service. Five marriages ensued. (You’re welcome,
classmates!)”
Marie Doleshek Krakora writes, “I am so
proud to have gone to Rosary College. My son,
Joseph, received his bachelor of science in
organizational leadership from Dominican while
working as a sergeant for the Lake Forest Police
Department. A granddaughter, Yvonne Lyden,
is attending Dominican now to receive her
master’s in elementary education. So I have a
three-generation background with myself, my
son and my granddaughter at Rosary College/
Dominican University.”
Rosemarie Brady Sullivan keeps busy visiting
her three sons and their families, and enjoying
the time they spend with her in California.
Mary Kuhn Morgan and husband, Bernie, are not
traveling far this year—but by foot they’re still
logging some miles in their neighborhood. A
recent walk through their local green “hill”
reminded Mary of “Golders Green” in London.
Patricia O’Donnell Wadden enjoyed a recent visit
in Florida from Lois MacDonald Simms ’51 and
Marilyn Donne Myers. Pat reports that she is
feeling good.
Mary Al Finucan Hendee and husband, Kirby,
recently moved out of their apartment and into
a house nearby with their daughter.
Carol Cook Woods still works as a substitute
teacher. She retired from the Morton
Arboretum last December but still volunteers
there occasionally. At the end of April, she
assisted a French sculptress as she erected
a large outdoor installation made of wood.
Marguerite Kuhn Kowalski travelled the rivers
of Russia this past spring.
Joan Janda Belza enjoyed a mini Rosary reunion
at her home in Pebble Beach, CA, with Marianne
Brabec Powers ’63 and Noreen Barrett Shively ’50.
Pat O’Donnell Wadden and her son also visited on
their way south. Over the past few years, Joan and
husband, Jan, have volunteered as gardeners at
the Carmel Mission. Joan writes, “I continue to give
tours to the many students who make field trips to
our beautiful mission, where Blessed Junipero Serra
is buried. We have visitors from all over the world.
I facilitated the translations of our self-guided tour
so that we now have 13 different languages to
present to the tourists. As for Jan and myself, our
60th has come and gone. We enjoy good health
and our family, and have been fortunate to make
trips to Egypt, Jordan and the Baltic.”
Fran Dineen Quetsch shares, “Dick and I are fine
for a couple of old folks. We still try to stay in shape
though I will admit neither of us moves quite as fast
as we used to.” Fran and Dick had a busy summer
with two graduations, a wedding in Missouri and
a trip to Vail.
In the last year, Dorothy Wolf Cormack became
caregiver to husband, George. She reports that
while not very ambulatory, George is a very good
patient. Dorothy continues to lead bereavement
ministry and Eucharistic Adoration and is part of
a women’s Bible study group at her parish, St.
Andrew’s. She is also president of the Delavan
Service League, which raises money for the less
fortunate in the community. Dorothy reports that
they are all wonderful outlets for her and keep
her on her toes.
Virginia Conahan Boyle and husband, Austin,
celebrated their 60th anniversary last April, with
great excitement and many out-of-town visitors.
Virginia’s family is well-represented at Dominican:
one granddaughter earned two master’s degrees
in education and administration; Virginia’s
grandson is currently in the post-bac program,
and a daughter-in-law is working on a degree
in education.
Charleen O’Connor Berens writes, “My Jim died
June 7, 2010, from complications of Alzheimer’s
disease. It was a peaceful death and all that we
25
26
CLASS NEWS
could ask for. I continue to go to our Alzheimer’s
support group meetings twice a month, thinking
my experience could help someone else who is
dealing with this dreadful disease. Cardiac rehab
gets me out of the house three times a week.
Life is good and I give thanks every day for all the
blessings I have, including nine grandchildren
and nine great-grandchildren.”
–Sr. Cleo O’Loughlin, OP, class agent
1950
Patricia Cella Dennis sent me “A Prayer for
Growing Old Gracefully,” which I’m sure many
of you have seen and which I love. It says so
many witty and wise things, including “…keep
me free from craving to straighten out everybody’s
affairs…” and “… keep me from the fatal habit of
thinking I must say something on every subject
and on every occasion…” On the other hand,
Pat offers these words to students at Dominican
University today: “Do not be afraid to cast your
nets afar and trust in God’s wonderful providence
to guide you.” She herself lived in many states
during a long career and now lives in Laguna
Woods, CA, where she’s taking a class to learn
her new computer.
Sr. Adrienne Schmidt, CSJ, sent her note on
stationery with a Cubs logo, explaining that she
is an avid baseball, basketball, hockey and football
fan. All Chicago teams, I assume. She lives in the
Sisters of St. Joseph motherhouse in LaGrange,
and when she’s not cheering her teams on, she’s
crocheting baby afghans for their gift shop.
A series of CDs on Dante’s Divine Comedy
made by Sr. Clemente (Marge) Davlin, OP, and
published by Now You Know Media is on sale
through their website. In addition, Marge is
tutoring one day a week at Malcolm X College
in Chicago. She recently attended the 60th
wedding anniversary celebration of Jean
Dougherty Quigley and her husband, Bernard.
One of my close Rosary friends, Mary Catherine
“Dolly” Kern Dady Colbert died in her home in
California just before Christmas 2010.
I am sorry I did not actively search out more
news but I am also in mourning for my oldest
daughter, who died suddenly in March 2011.
She was mourned by family here and in Ireland
and was buried on St. Patrick’s Day. Those of you
who have lost a child know the pain of this.
–Virginia Lyons Mullery, class agent
1952
Dorothy Ann Shields De Spain celebrated her
80th birthday like Hollywood royalty.
dom.edu / magazine
CLASS NEWS
Greetings to all of you! Most of us are 80 years old
this year...imagine?
Dorothy Ann Shields De Spain had three wishes
fulfilled for her 80th birthday: she and her son,
Steven, flew to southern California and climbed
to the top of the Hollywood sign. Later, Dorothy
embarked on a cross-country bus tour following
old Route 66 to Palm Springs. On returning
home, family and friends celebrated with a
Hollywood-themed party, giving Dorothy a
Lifetime Achievement Award and an Oscar.
Dorothy writes, “All my wishes came true. I
felt like the ‘Queen of Hollywood’!”
Keep in your prayers Mary Topping Blossfeld,
who passed away recently—we worked together
a few years doing class letters until she finally
moved south. I’m still living at the Villa St.
Benedict in Lisle. Stay well and God Bless!
–Marilyn “Rokie” Rokop Citari, class agent
1956
A phone message was received from Betty Blum
Carr extolling good times during her winter sojourns
in Florida and Cancun, Mexico. Carmelita “Carm”
Vitullo Albachiara wrote that she had double knee
replacements and they both hurt! She is still active
and can walk and talk, for which she really thanks
the Lord. Even more exciting was the article she
enclosed concerning her daughter, Adrienne,
who is hearing impaired and has worked for the
Veterans Administration at Hines Hospital for 25
years as a contract specialist. Adrienne was
named an AbilityOne Procurement Champion by
the Department of Veteran Affairs. Carm was so
excited for her daughter that she sent a copy with
a letter to President Obama, and she received a
reply from the White House! Last March, Carm
hosted the annual “gathering of the Vitullo
clan.” Some 111 guests attended this year
from far and wide.
Barbara “Parse” Parsons had twofold news.
One, she marched in Madison with thousands
of her compatriots for their right to collective
bargaining. Also, she was recently a featured
speaker for a women’s event on the UW-Platteville
campus. She delivered stories regarding the
triumphs and trials of women at the college
since she first joined the faculty 22 years ago.
Anne O’Brien Gonski enjoys her life in a senior
independent living community with lots to do and
a wonderful climate. She is looking forward to the
biannual meeting of the Fribourg group in fall 2011.
Joan Adele “Scotty” Scott is now living in a senior
care facility and in delicate health...we hope some
classmates will get in touch with her. Her address
(with one of her nieces) is the same one she used
before going into the facility. Sally Love Gardiner
writes via email, “I’m mother of four (author, artist,
business owner and psychiatrist), grandmother to
nine and 7/8ths, great-grandmother of one, friend
to many and I thoroughly enjoy and stay busy
enjoying all of the above.” She sends love, prayers
and thoughts to all. Diana Blancato Cortina relates
that she had double heart surgery in September
2008, still works full time as administrative
assistant at the Village of Melrose Park and is
working with Dominican’s Literacy Center teaching
English one-on-one to a student. Diana enjoys
having her daughter and granddaughter live with
her and is proud that her granddaughter is a Trinity
National Honor Society scholar, a National Italian
Honor Society member and a Dominican Scholar.
Two granddaughters play softball, one for Trinity
and one in Parker, CO.
Kay Penn-Hawken is in the process of selling her
home. Pat Bach Steele “resigned” from teaching
CCD at her parish and three days later the Holy
Spirit recruited her to sponsor a catechumen for
RCIA. There was a great turnout from our class at the
reunion in June and a great response for the class
gift in support of Dominican. Pat was unable to
attend as her daughter and her two girls, Noelle and
Maia, were visiting from Australia for a few weeks.
Love, thoughts, prayers to all our classmates.
–Pat Bach Steele and Kay Penn Hawken,
class agents
1957
I received news that Jean Horrigan-Delhey loved
her trip to China and Tibet. “Tibet was one of the
highlights of my life.” Another great moment for
Jean was the November marriage of her grandson
followed by a family reunion. Jean also met up with
Ann Lee Tyler and discussed the 2012 class reunion.
Rita Cleary Smith was also able to have a great visit
with Jean in Florida.
I also learned from Audre Coia-Kurowski that in
May her youngest daughter, Karen Anne, graduated
from law school at the University of WisconsinMadison. For Lent, Audre sang in a community choir
performing with the Fox Valley Orchestra.
They performed Faure’s Requiem. Audre recalls
doing this piece in the early 50s at Rosary.
Ciao (Dominican University’s Italian Organization)
celebrated La Festa di San Giuseppe, the feast of St.
Joseph on March 18 in a special way. There was an
Italian Mass, followed by a grand table celebration,
a tradition that dates back to the Middle Ages in
Sicily. All money collected was donated to the
Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters and Sarah’s Inn
shelter of Oak Park, in the name of St. Joseph.
I had a wonderful time at our 50th reunion; and
I look forward to seeing all of you next year for
our 55th. Blessings on our class! I love hearing
from you.
Peace and Love,
–Ellen Bendry, class agent
1958
Sometimes I ask myself: whatever else is there
for a class agent to do after the emotional high
of Reunion 50? Fortunately, after attending the
annual class agent meeting, I came away with a
list of “Resources and Benefits for Alums” that
I can pass on to you. Thereby looking good in
your eyes.
Most of the following perks depend on having
your Alumnae/i Association membership card
at the ready. So, dig out the card we were given
shortly after commencement. (I see that mine
was signed by Director Anna Marie Sciaraffa
’49 way back then.) You may check out books
in person from the Rebecca Crown Library.
(No remote access to its electronic resources
is allowed.) Shop the Stepan Bookstore for
10% off on select merchandise such as official
university apparel, mugs, license plate holders
and books by Dominican authors. Depending on
space availability and at the discretion of the
dean of the academic area of interest, alums may
audit most undergraduate courses free of charge.
Register on the first day of class or during the
add/drop period. Auditing is not permitted in
studio courses in art, music, or theatre; physical
education courses; independent/directed study;
service learning; or other courses designated by
the university. Best to contact the school of interest
for more information. Your card will get you in to
use the fitness center, gym, track and racquetball
court. Visit dom.edu/athletics/facilities for a
schedule of hours. You can get discounted tickets
for selected events at the Dominican University
Performing Arts Center (DUPAC), which we used
to call the Fine Arts building. If you’ve given the
university your email address, you can check for
offers in the monthly alumnae/i e-newsletter. You
may participate individually or field a team (!) in a
variety of intramural activities. Email imsports@
dom.edu for specifics. If you would like to hold an
event at Dominican, contact Scheduling and Event
Services. Restrictions and fees explained with your
inquiry. Did you know that children and
grandchildren of alums who enroll as full-time
undergraduates may qualify for annual Legacy
Scholarships? For more information, email
domadmis@dom.edu. Haven’t found your card yet?
Don’t despair. Lost or stolen cards may be replaced
for a $10 fee. Contact alumni@dom.edu. In fact, for
specifics on any one of the aforementioned
benefits, use that contact also, or phone the
Alumnae/i Office at (708) 524-6286.
Oh yes, now I remember. The answer that never
changes is that the class agent is always here to
receive your news to share in the next class letter.
Contact me with your news!
–Donna Smietana Joy, class agent
1960
Hello to all! On our way home, after spending
the winter in Florida, we stopped in Joplin, MO,
to spend Easter with my son and his family. We
passed through southern Illinois and Missouri
and saw firsthand the heavy flooding. The
weather has not been kind this spring. I hope
all of you have been all right.
After reading the last Dominican Magazine, I
learned that we lost one of our classmates. We
express our deepest sympathy to the family of
Barbara Clute Janek.
This winter I spoke with Mary Markley Moriarty.
She had been to Chicago in February to help her
daughter who had pneumonia. I also spoke with
Jeannette McBride Murray. She had surgery in the
summer and was doing quite well. Betty Banas
Cella and Karen Loan Haggerty got together for
lunch and some good conversation this past
winter. Betty said that she and her daughters
were planning a trip to California, in May, to visit
Betty’s sister. Mary Jo Knuth wrote a note to me
from sunny California, in which she said how
much she enjoyed our 50th reunion.
Keep in touch.
–Jo Scaccia Maday, class agent
1964
Mary Lou Campbell Hartman retired from the
Princeton library and is taking classes at Princeton
and the local arts center when she isn’t visiting
her nine grandkids in Boulder, San Diego and
Baltimore, volunteering at a residential rehab
center, and serving on the board of the Delaware
Raritan Greenway Land Trust as co-chair and as a
trustee of Future Church in Cleveland. She attended
the American Catholic Council in Detroit in June and
then, in October she is moving to London for two
weeks to see how it feels to live there. Way to go!
In July, she was off to Finland with 5W to celebrate
the 2011 EU cultural capitals of Turku and Tallinn.
Bev Brazis Opelka writes “life is good. I am happy
to report that I still have my Mom in my life (soon to
be 94) and am constantly reminded from others
about this blessing. Bill and I will be married 36
years; second time around worked OK for us. I
continue to study voice privately and sing wherever
the opportunity presents itself. I am serving as an
interim choir director for my church (with no
experience) and loving it. In season, golf remains
a passion though I wish my handicap were better.
And, for some 20 years I have served as board
member for our local arts agency, Palos Fine Arts,
keeping the arts focused in our community, for
which I am very proud. Peace and best of regards
to everyone.”
Sylvia Perry Rudolph is enjoying Huntley but
did escape to Florida last winter and to Ireland
in May. Other travels are to Kansas City, MO,
(even in summer!) to see grandkids, Caterina
and Franco.
Silvia Hajek Jorgensen, sold her Concord, MA,
house and moved to Quincy, IL, to help her
sister care for their mother. On the trip she had
a wonderful reunion lunch with Guy and Joan
Canale Szurberla. Silvia reports, ‘What a
wonderful reunion! I had not seen them for
about 25 years—it seemed like yesterday. It
was hard to leave all my connections in Concord,
especially Ann Elliott-Holmes in Cambridge
whose friendship is so dear to me.” Silvia will
be moving to Altus, OK, to help with daughter,
Lisa, and baby. Mom and Dad are Air Force pilots
with separate assignments. First time back to
Oklahoma—“Oh where are Kay Cavanaugh,
Maggie Smith and the others? I still get in touch
with Nancy Burke Grivel occasionally.”
I was delighted to hear from Joan Canale Szuberla
who was selected by her peers for inclusion in the
2011 listing of The Best Lawyers in America®, in
the practice area of civil rights law. Joan writes her
younger son has wed a lovely woman from France
and she has been in touch with Marge Melun,
Judy Anderson Brindley, Judy Schenk Fierke and
her friend for 60+ years, Ann Elliott-Holmes. She
also enjoyed a visit with Silvia Hajek Jorgensen.
Ginny Gaul Cullen fled the Midwest winter for
Naples, FL and a side trip to Costa Rica. Her Trinity
reunion for 1960 had 22 classmates and five of
them also enjoyed a harp concert by Sue De Vale
Carter. She travels to NC to see her son and New
Orleans to see a daughter.
Another 50th reunion (Immaculate Conception—
Elmhurst) was had by Peg Hartnett Telesca,
who retired last June after 25 years in religious
education at St. Mary of Sorrows Parish in Fairfax,
VA. She is taking classes at the Osher Learning in
Retirement Center at George Mason University
and spending time with granddaughter, Grace.
Joann Casciato Hillebrand has not slowed
down—she is serving a second term as treasurer
general of the World Union of Catholic Women’s
Organizations—meeting yearly in Rome. “This
past October, we held our centenary assembly in
Jerusalem, almost 500 women were in attendance.
Maureen Cox O’Doherty accompanied me.” Joanne
asked for prayers for her family. Daughter, Angela,
is undergoing a series of tests to see if she can
donate one of her kidneys to her father who is
on dialysis.
After 16 years on the job, Mary Sullivan Feeley
is retiring as executive director of the Illinois
Podiatric Medical Association to increase her
volunteer work for Catholic Charities and other
areas helping women in the workforce. Any ideas
and/or contacts are welcome. She also enjoyed
her 50th Trinity reunion and welcomed her sixth
grandchild —three here and three in Boston. Mary
writes “We need to have more gatherings of 1964
alums who are still in the Chicago area. We had fun
at Rosary and we have fun when we see each other
at the official reunions. So, why not increase the
frequency of the fun? I’ll offer my place for a wine
and cheese or whatever gathering. How about it?”
I second that idea!
Many of us enjoyed those 50th high school
reunions. Nancy Jones Eppolito writes “My 50th
high school reunion in Dixon, IL, last fall was a
huge success—three days of nonstop fun
and reconnecting with old classmates. The
following week, Antonio and I went to Italy and
had a wonderful trip covering the country from the
north to the south. We also traveled to Sicily in
April for 10 days. Must be I’m married to an Italian!”
Patty Keeffe Smith was also in Naples, FL, and met
Marge Melun with husbands for the Dominican
trustee reception in February. “We had a great visit
with a reception, dinner at a French restaurant,
and a long, leisurely breakfast the next day.”
As much as I love getting news, the downside is
forwarding the bad news. I regret to report the loss
of Joyce Miley McDonald (a grammar school and
high school classmate) and Pat Cusack Millet. I
was able to attend Pat’s wake (she was a second
cousin) and, while somber, it celebrated her life of
service, including her work as a Third Order
Dominican. These losses remind us how special
those years at Rosary were—it is still special—
support it with prayers and contributions—and plan
to be there in 2014! Hugs to all,
–Mary McGough Schultze MALS ’70, class agent
1965
When last I wrote in September 2010, we were
headed to Tunisia. Great trip until Steve suffered
a major stroke in Tataouine that immobilized his
right side. Thanks to a wonderful tour agency and
superb travel insurance, we made it safely home
in only two weeks. Steve’s been making great
strides (literally) in therapy. I was diagnosed with
bladder cancer that wasn’t eradicated in July so I
had intrabladder chemo early this year and things
are looking good. Roxie tussled a muskrat to a draw
and landed a trip to the vet. Tootsie was hit by an
emergency vehicle and wound up in intensive
care for a week. We soldier on.
27
28
CLASS NEWS
Hearing of Steve’s stroke, Marilyn Colby sent
word from Montreal: “There is a note on turmeric
and stroke repair on the dr.mercola.com site for
March 2, 2011. Quiet and snowy here in Montreal.”
Kash Creadon Sullivan wrote that her ocular
myasthenia gravis is under control. She was coming
off steroids and didn’t need any new drugs. So last
Thanksgiving found her thankful that she has
long-term disability from the ABA. She’s still
marketing her nephew, filmmaker Patrick Creadon,
who’s expanding into directing TV shows.
On the mend is Dianne Farr Knittle. Pneumonia
knocked her low on New Year’s Eve. On the plus
side, she has lots to celebrate. She and Bill were
set to return to the U.S. Naval Academy in July for
refresher training as Blue and Gold Officers. Last
summer Diane found all 107 of her cousins and
many of their children from both sides of her family.
The Farr side family reunion was set for July in
Cleveland.
Maureen McMahon Hibbot wrote that Richard’s
new hip was working perfectly, so she signed on
for a total right knee replacement (no cartilage left)
in November when daughter, Jane, was due. By
spring her knee was great, in time for her and
Richard to spend June and July touring the states
and visiting friends they hadn’t seen in a long time
as well as joining the McMahon family reunion
at the end of June just after attending her 50th
high school reunion.
Maureen is joining Marifred Broucek Cilella in
campaigning to expand our 50th DU reunion
beyond campus. Mull it over for the next few
years and let them know what you think.
Peter and Sheila Durkin Dierks headed to Seattle
in July. Son, Brian, was working in Thomassique,
Haiti, running the mechanicals on a hospital until
labor unrest sent him back to Boulder in the spring.
With his tour up in July, he was interviewing with
Doctors Without Borders for a new assignment.
Maria Tsinonis Stavrakos wrote to remind me
that she had written a long letter for the spring
newsletter and I had listed her as MIA and printed
not a word. So here’s a year’s worth of Maria’s
news: Last year she and Harry traveled to Istanbul.
The highlight of the trip was a private audience
with their ecumenical patriarch, Bartholomew. She
added that the local guides “...Christian kids, born,
reared and schooled in a Muslim country...” added
a whole new dimension to their understanding of
Istanbul. By fall, Maria was off to Aspen to see the
fall color and then the ski season and hope of
making up for the couple of years her knee kept her
from her favorite sport. Then, she retired. Harry
kept on working, but his long-time office manager
packed it in and is pursuing all her other interests.
Ellen Rooney Kelly continued her treks to
Minnesota to visit her 90+ mom. She’s retired from
her job with the city of Freeport and has taken up a
job with a nonprofit. She’s also granddaughter
Clementine’s No. 1 fan and part-time baby tender.
Several folks not mentioned above have a presence
on Facebook. Check out Anne Smith Carignan, Kim
Regan, Marlene Guzy Spicuzza, Paulette Serritella
Davies and Peggy Duggan von Briesen. And of
course let us know what you’re up to.
–Mar Poelking Sclawy, class agent
dom.edu / magazine
CLASS NEWS
1966
Maureen Connolly, MD’s “DINE: Navajo People”
appeared in The Country Doctor Revisited: A 21st
Century Reader, a collection of essays, poems and
short stories written by rural health care
professionals on the experiences of doctors and
nurses practicing medicine in rural environments
such as farms, reservations and migrant camps.
1967
Karen Moran Duffy and husband, Charlie
Struckhoff, sold their nine-bedroom house last June
and moved to Edison Lofts, above the Sheraton
Hotel in St. Louis, with outstanding views of the rail
yards, the Arch, Busch Stadium and a slim peek of
the Mississippi. Karen spent September 2010 in
California with daughter, Kate, waiting for baby #2
to arrive: Maysaa Fatine Ejjed, little sister for Jinane
Salma Ejjed, 3. Karen received the Champion for
Literary Arts award from the Arts and Education
Council of St. Louis, for promoting multicultural
literature and arts in the region for 35 years. She
was also interviewed for the April 2011 issue of St
Louis’ culinary magazine, Sauce. She was one of
the featured “Game Changers: 11 Visionaries who
have altered St. Louis’ Culinary Scene. Their
Experience. Their Words.”
Mary Ellen Boyle Callow just completed a hiking
trip with Road Scholar into and around the Grand
Canyon (but not all the way down to Phantom
Ranch at the bottom) and also hiked in Sedona
and Tucson. Mary has six grandchildren now and
has started to work less and ease into retirement,
although she still maintains an estate planning
law practice. She serves on the Trinity High
School board and also on an advisory board for
the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters. She says, “I still
feel a debt of gratitude to the Dominicans for 16
years of my education. I’m striving to maintain my
mental, emotional and physical health so I can be
with all of my classmates at the 2012 Reunion,
since old friendships are such an important part of
my life. My life partner is a classmate of mine from
grammar school and we re-met at a reunion two
years ago. He is also my hiking companion and
we have a lot of fun together. Life is good.”
Elizabeth Dreyer is professor of religious
studies and has been a member of the Fairfield
University (CT) faculty since 1999. Previous faculty
appointments include the Catholic University of
America, and the Washington Theological Union in
Washington, D.C. Elizabeth is the author or editor
of nine books and numerous articles, chapters
in books and dictionary/encyclopedia entries.
She lectures on topics such as medieval theology
and spirituality, medieval women mystics, lay
spirituality, the Ignatian spiritual tradition and the
theology of the Holy Spirit. Most recently Elizabeth
served as general editor for the nine-volume series
Called to Holiness: Spirituality for Catholic Women.
She wrote the inaugural volume for the series,
Making Sense of God: A Woman’s Perspective. She
writes, “While I was on the road with this series in
six cities, it was brought home to me the deep
spiritual hunger of Christian women in mid-life and
beyond. Challenging life situations and questions
about religious affiliation motivate many women
to seek spiritual resources of all types. It was a
humbling and gratifying experience. I will soon
retire from full-time teaching which means writing
and lecturing in a much more leisurely fashion. We
will continue to discover other worlds/cultures and
visit friends and family, especially our two children
and almost-three grandchildren in Portland, OR.”
Margaret Hunt traveled to Cleveland for a
reading of her new play, A Kids’ House, in May
2011. Described as the author’s latest “tender
comedy,” A Kids’ House is the story of three college
roommates learning about life and love in the 60s.
“It was part of the First Mondays @ the Alcazar, a
reading series run by my fellow playwright Jean
Seitter Cummins at the Alcazar Hotel in Cleveland
Heights, OH,” writes Margaret. “I came from New
York, Jane Duggan from Detroit, and Barbara
Schaefer and Diane Schulte Stein came as well.
In April 2011, Jean won the Lake Erie Playwrights
Competition for her play, Pray for the Missing
Girls. Jean and I had a mini-reunion last fall,
when she came to New York for a reading of my
play Think or Die at the Actors Studio. Two plays
of ours were chosen as semifinalists for the
prestigious 2011 Eugene O’Neill National
Playwrights Conference, held in July 2011 in
Waterbury, CT. My play Ravens Feed Us had a
reading at Primary Stages, an Off-Broadway
theatre here in New York. As works-in-progress,
both Think or Die and Ravens had their very first
readings at Dominican in 2007 (at our 40th
reunion) and in 2008 (at Homecoming).”
Jean Seitter Cummins offers her own update:
“In April 2011 I received word that my adaptation
of Alexandra Lapierre’s novel Artemisia is a
semifinalist for the prestigious National
Playwrights Conference (the O’Neill). The
competition is very stiff—about 80-100 plays
jockeying for six slots. But even to come this far
is a great honor. A reading of my radio play,
Archie’s Girl (a spoiled American heiress inherits
her father’s butler) took place in June. Radio
drama returns to Cleveland!”
Ogg was born on February 21, 2011. We recently
purchased a home just north of Bethel Springs,
TN, so we can be in Memphis to snuggle Charlie
in less than two hours. This is a perfect “grammagrampa” home—it sits on 10 wooded acres
(there’s even a small pond) with five bedrooms,
three baths and an unfinished walkout basement
where we envision tricycles circling round and
round. We intend to keep our home in Wyoming
as well, at least for now, and gradually acclimate
to the summer heat and humidity of the South.
Our daughter, Monica M. Ogg, PhD, continues
to do research at USAMRIID on Fort Detrick at
Frederick, MD.”
Marilyn Meister Fischer writes “Apart from
spending time with our grandchildren (son,
Chris’s, two who live nearby—Brendan, 11, and
Carly, 4), highlights are travel-related: three cruises
on the HAL Eurodam in the past 13 months with our
son, Eric, who entertained nightly in the Eurodam
piano bar. First we cruised the Caribbean; second,
the Mediterranean; and the third and longest cruise
brought us to England, Scotland, Norway and the
Baltic. Carl and I then took the train to central
Sweden from Copenhagen to visit my grandfather’s
birthplace and to meet cousins. While there,
we attended a week-long village celebration
commemorating the 100th anniversary of an
ancestor’s discovery of a 1000-year-old Viking
tapestry in the village church. This Swedish sojourn
(particularly getting to know a young 33-year-old
cousin and family historian) was the highlight of
my 2010 highlights. A couple of shorter fall trips
took us to Georgia and North Carolina. In November
2010, I rented a condo on St. Augustine Beach for
five nights with Joan Ambrose Walsh MALIS ’86,
Ellen O’Connor Nick and Barb Schaefer. It was a
wonderful mini-reunion! Looking forward to seeing
everyone at DU for our 45th!”
Jane Duggan writes, “My photos were featured at
the Swords into Plowshares Gallery in downtown
Detroit in August 2010. The show was titled
‘Portraits of Global Labor’ and was very well
received. I continue as secretary-treasurer of my
union local. This is an elected, full-time position
and a lot more than I bargained for when running.
I am glad to be serving, though, at such a difficult
time for workers and unions. To maintain some
balance, I do Irish set-dance two nights a week...
one in Detroit, one in Windsor, Ontario. Set-dance
has been a great source of new friends and a
chance to learn about my own heritage.”
Susan Steffaniak Farina writes, “Yikes 45 years
already??!!??!! I plan to attend our reunion. The
last one (40th) was grand fun and set the stage
for a further mini-reunion for a small group the
following summer. All my chicks have come home
(Washington, D.C., area). Son, Matthew, and Blaise
married last May and live in Fairfax, VA. Daughter,
Rachel, and Kevin have been married for eight
years and have three adorable little boys who
are the light of our lives. Son, John, recently found
a job out here, and relocated from San Diego,
CA, to Annapolis, MD. I’m still the librarian and
assistant principal at our local parish school and
love it. Occasionally on Monday mornings I’m
tempted to retire, but the mood rapidly passes.”
Mary Win Hesseling Ogg writes, “Our biggest
news is that our son, Michael, and his sweet wife,
Beth, gave us our first grandchild. Charles Murphy
Terry Beeson Sheahan and granddaughter
Murren Mary in Baltimore.
Terry Beeson Sheahan writes, “I still work at the
Smithsonian National Postal Museum as writer and
editor, traveling between my cabin on the Missouri
River and Washington, D.C. My twin daughters both
work in branches of humanitarian aid. Meg is with
Doctors Without Borders; Kate has worked many
years in Africa. I am a first-time grandma—Murren
Mary was born last August. Recent travel has
included a tour of Jane Austen sites in England and
a trip to Istanbul, both on my bucket list. Though
life has brought some loss and grief, overall life has
been very, very good to me.”
Karen Breitenbach writes, “I am my own boss,
working part time as an independent contractor as
WyzAnt tutor, Delta Group substitute teacher and
music teacher with TakeLessons. I keep meaning to
advertise for music students…although it requires
long hours in preparation and lessons, I love it!”
Diane Schulte Stein writes, “This has been a busy
and untypical year for us. I have been retired since
June ’06 and Ken retired at the end of December
’09. We enjoyed a quick trip to Los Angeles in Feb.
’10 to visit my mother and two of my brothers then
celebrated the arrival of our first grandchild!
Daughter, Laura’s, little miss Juniper Zim arrived on
April 1, 2010. We spent most of April in D.C. with
them; I spent July through the end of November
there, when Laura returned to work. We spent five
fabulous days in Cancun, Mexico, with friends and
family for the wedding of our son, Tom, to Heather
Rich in March 2011—truly a wonderful, warm
paradise (especially after the winter we have all
endured). We were in Los Angeles in June 2011 to
celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday. All of my
siblings were there along with daughter, Laura,
Wes and Juniper. My mother met her first great
grandchild; Juniper’s middle name, Zim, is a
shortening of my mother’s name, Zima.”
Linda Becker Madura writes, “I’ve been retired
for the past six years during which time I cared for
my mother until her death in 2008. I taught high
school French and adult education Italian; I worked
for many years in Lombard School District 44 as
an administrative assistant; I was the manager of
the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus; and my final
11 working years were spent with the City of
Naperville in the Department of Transportation,
Engineering and Development. My husband, Jeff,
has already gone beyond his 40th year of teaching
at Benedictine University in Lisle, and doesn’t plan
on retiring for another five years or so. Our family
welcomed its third grandchild when Isaac James
Earel was born in December 2010. He lives
in Le Claire, IA, with our daughter, Anne, and her
husband, Jim. Our other two grandsons, Jackson
(12) and Jayson (7), belong to our daughter, Karen
Madura Sheeman ’92 and her husband, Mike, who
live in Plainfield. After raising two girls, how did Jeff
and I wind up grandparents of three boys?! It is an
ongoing education! In October 2010 I traveled to
Tucson, AZ, to visit Mary Cay Debowski Wesolowski
who was my very best friend at Rosary and still is
after 47 years. She and Wayne have adapted well
to the desert environment. He is still teaching
chemistry at the University of Arizona but is easing
into retirement, and Mary Cay cares for her mother
who will turn 94 in October. Mary Cay and Wayne
have two married sons: Tony and Stephen. Through
Facebook, I’ve located a handful of Rosarians from
our class. We keep in touch in a rather casual way,
but it’s very nice to know that they are out there!
I’d love to reconnect with Laurie Lawrence, with
whom I’ve lost touch. Can anyone help me with
that? I’m putting the 45th reunion on my calendar;
I would certainly enjoy seeing some of my old
friends once again.”
Tory Cusack Hartman is mostly retired and lives in
Boulder, CO, with daughter, Seanna Hartman ’93,
MAT ’00. Daughter, Krystal, and her son, Valentine,
and daughter, Jasmine, her “heart’s delights” live
in Costa Rica, where Tory visits whenever possible.
Roxanne Calibraro writes, “As I write this, I am
preparing to retire my 10 and one-half-year-old
labrador retriever guide dog, Carnation, after nine
years of faithful and loving service. She is truly
a soul mate dog for me and it will be a hard
transition as I leave to train with a new dog in
two weeks. This process has been a rollercoaster
of emotions but I know it is the right thing to do
and Carnation will stay with me in retirement and
be a pampered pet and mentor for “New Dog.”
Hopefully, you will all be able to meet “New Dog
Somebody or Other” at the 2012 Reunion. And, I
am easing into my own retirement, too. After law
school at DePaul University, I spent 14 years at the
Illinois Attorney General’s Office and I am now
completing my 25th year at the Better Business
Bureau of Chicago. I still serve on the alumni
board at Guide Dogs for the Blind in San Rafael,
CA, and am a commissioner on the Commission
for Citizens with Disabilities in Arlington Heights.
When I am actually sort of retired, I will have more
time for writing and church activities and hopefully
still walking two dogs.”
Elizabeth McGrath reports, “I’m reviving my local
consulting business and traveling for pleasure.
In August 2010, I spent a weekend in South Bend
with Lynne Yancey Crowley’s entire family as they
gathered from across the U.S. to honor their
mother. Florence Erhard Yancey ’40, who passed
away October 2009. On Saturday, each of the
siblings cooked or baked one of their family’s
“heirloom dishes” and shared stories, pictures,
home movies and performed skits. A highlight of
the afternoon was a style show of Florence’s
vintage clothing modeled by her children and
grandchildren. I was honored to be included in
the festivities.
Joanne Jacques Geist and I haven’t yet enjoyed our
“Joanne’s retirement celebratory lunch”…she’s very
busy with married children—most with children of
their own—in town (Naperville) and out of state. I
spent time with Carol Johnson Rubsam in Kansas
City the week before Thanksgiving 2010. Turns out
Joanne and I were both in Kansas City at the same
time…and still didn’t see each other!
Please start taking notes…regarding how your
life is unfolding…fascinating reading for you to
send me for the next Dominican Magazine!
emcgrath@TLGconversation.com
–Elizabeth McGrath, class agent
1968
Julie Joyce Goldberg and husband, Charles,
made their long-awaited return to South Korea
last September. Charles is writing about life
in a farming village on the cusp of modernity,
and Julie is helping friends with English and math.
She is also brushing up on the Korean language
she began to study 43 years ago.
Connie Kearns McCarthy retired as dean of
university libraries, emerita, at College of William
and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
Edna “Del” Del Zoppo Hancock and husband, Gil,
(now retired from potting), still live on the Atlantic
shore of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Five years ago,
Del built a new weaving studio and, to help finance
it, opened Point Michaud Beach House on the
second floor of the seaside building. Check it out at
www.pointmichaudbeachhouse.com. Del’s
summers now include a lot of laundry in addition to
the vegetable gardens and the weaving studio.
Most winters they spend a couple of months of R&R
in a small town in Jamaica. Please keep Del and her
family in your prayers; her mother Edna “Dolly”
Lewis Del Zoppo ’43, long-time supporter of the
university, passed away last March.
29
30
CLASS NEWS
CLASS NEWS
enrollment at both the high school and Johnson
County Community College; she is teaching the
introductory college chemistry class at the high
school. She also is the coach/sponsor of two
extracurricular activities: Scholars’ Bowl (aka
Quiz Bowl), and FIRST Robotics, both of which
have done very well this year. Mary Beth’s
husband, Joe, is still teaching at the University
of Missouri at Kansas City.
Marilyn Freehill Jancewicz, Marita Hoy Fenley, Carol
Welch Matusak and Carol Anderson Kunze with
student Caitlyn Workman.
Dominican University hosted a luncheon on May
24 for four members of the Class of 1968 to meet
the first recipient of the Class of 1968 Endowed
Scholarship for Study Abroad, Caitlyn Workman.
Caitlyn, who had just returned from four months
of study in France said, “Without the financial
assistance provided by this scholarship, I would
never have had this extraordinary opportunity.”
Carol Anderson Kunze, Carol Welch Matusak,
Marilyn Freehill Jancewicz and Marita Hoy
Fenley, with many others, helped establish
this scholarship endowment for study abroad.
–Mary Duncan Gemkow, class agent
1969
Judy Dodane O’Dwyer recently retired and relocated
to her hometown of Ft. Wayne, IN. She is looking
forward to traveling with her husband and returning
to volunteering in the community.
–Susan Kreuz McCoyd, class agent
1974
George Tenegal MFA/Schifanoia recently released
his debut CD Romantic Russian Rarities, piano
music of unknown and little-known Russian
composers, recorded in Chicago at WFMT’s studio.
1975
It was a wonderful honor for our classmate
Maria Kuhn to be named a Caritas Veritas
recipient at Reunion 2010. She has made
significant contributions to our society by
her lifelong devotion to helping people
understand themselves and others. She has
been a psychosocial counselor for more than
25 years, has established two multifaceted
counseling centers and served as an educational
consultant to schools, children, young adults
and their families. Maria has served as a health
consultant and trained many professionals in
this multidisciplinary field. She has also been
an advocate for caregivers, so they can be
recognized for the support they give and that
they need. Congratulations to her on such a
wonderful achievement.
Mary Beth Ahern Mattingly came in for Reunion
2010 by train; this was her first reunion in some
time. Marianne Daniels Hansel and I met her at
the train stop in Naperville. Mary Beth teaches at
Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, KS, about
20-30 miles west of Kansas City. This year she
is teaching four sections of the College Now/
honors chemistry and two sections of honors
physics. The College Now chemistry is a joint
dom.edu / magazine
The other surprise classmate was Mary Greey
Hickman who flew in from Shippensburg, PA.
She attended reunion with her mother, Gertrude
Pinion Greey ’50 (who was celebrating her 60th
reunion) and her aunt, Sr. Genevieve Pinion, OP,
who came in from the Mound.
Cheryl Hausing Feldman also attended Reunion
2010. She worked for many years for the U.S.
Post Office near her home in Cary, but two years
ago moved to the Passport Office at the federal
building in downtown Chicago. Vicki Ploplis is
doing heart research in the Notre Dame, IN, area;
she still has mice subjects that she worries about,
but what I am envious about is all the foreign
conferences she gets to attend. Foreign travel
also played a large part in Debbie Basile
Fitzsimmons and her husband, Dick’s, lives
recently: they visited daughter, Alicia, studying
abroad in Rome, and took a side trip to London.
Judy Hansel Keeley joined Mary Beth, Marianne
and me for lunch on the Friday of Reunion;
unfortunately, Judy, her husband, John, and their
two children were leaving for Seattle the next day.
–Mary Alice Griesinger MBA ’94, class agent
1976
Deborah Bowser Joyce lives in Wood Dale, and
works as a freelance French translator. She recently
mourned the passing of her sister-in-law and
Rosary classmate Jo Ann Joyce on April 8, 2011.
–Mary Gallagher Banaszak, class agent
1977
Betty Sellen lives in Oswego, IL, and works as a
humanities instructor at Waubonsee Community
College. Betty also works as a pro-life coordinator
at St. Peter’s Church in Aurora.
1978
Jacklyn Egolf is back in the Chicago area,
and recently returned to campus for the May
Remembrance Mass as a lector. She says hello
to all her classmates and looks forward to seeing
everyone at Alumnae/i Weekend in June 2013.
1979
Ron Abraytis invites classmates to check out his
blog: busyworkingmonster.wordpress.com He is
working on a new novel and adds that his seven
years of volunteering at Children’s Memorial
Hospital “is still the most fun and fulfilling thing
I do.”
Eva Klaus Bellinger writes, “After spending the last
26 years raising five kids, I went back to school last
fall and cleaned the rust off my Spanish. I can now
tell Sr. Philip Mary Reilly that I have mastered the
subjunctive mood. I also took beginning French in
order to speak to my Senegalese son-in-law. I took
a five-week crash course in teaching English as a
Second Language at Wisconsin English as a Second
Language Institute (WESLI). I’ve been an ESL tutor
for three years, and I am trying to invent a job for
myself as a classroom aide with both special
education and ESL experience. I am presently
tutoring a Gambian woman and leading a weekly
conversation group for Chinese children. Some of
the kids can speak three words in English, some of
them can speak three paragraphs, and they range
in age from 5 to 13. So we have some interesting
challenges and a lot of fun.”
Sybil Leak Davis lives in Reston, VA, just outside
of the District of Columbia. “I am semiretired with
three adult children and a 12-year-old from my
second marriage. It is wonderful and challenging
at the same time.” She enjoys quilting, attending
openings of friends’ art exhibits, and “life and the
cherry blossoms.”
Marg Doss is now a national-board-certified
teacher, Exceptional Needs Specialist. She
adds simply, “Nice to have that accomplishment.
My coworkers surprised me one morning and
everybody came in to the gym for cake to
celebrate!”
Cathy Hollatz Fitzsimons writes from Carol Stream,
to report that she is an accountant for an
international freight forwarder, Jet-Speed Logistics,
and has been married for 22 years to G. Martin
Fitzsimons. They have two children, Brendan, a
freshman at UIC, and Kristin, a junior at Glenbard
North High School, and are active in their parish,
St. Isidore.
Dominic Calabrese (second from right) received a
Golden Trumpet Award from the Publicity Club
of Chicago.
Dominic Calabrese received a Golden Trumpet
Award from the Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC)
for outstanding achievement in public relations.
Dominic, who is public relations director at The
Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind
or Visually Impaired, took honors for the entry,
“Chicago Lighthouse: A New Milestone.” The
entry recounted how the agency, through a
1980
strategically executed media plan, generated
a significant number of national and local media
placements about its expansion project.
Nancy Greco took her mother to Austria in May as
an 85th birthday celebration. She was back in time
to open as the countess in a production of The
Women at Circle Theatre in late June.
Lynn Marie Higgins is currently battling small
cell lung cancer. She writes, “I am responding
well to treatment. In my retirement, I am living in
Jacksonville, FL, and am enjoying the gift of each
day pursuing a balanced physical, intellectual and
spiritual life. I have family and cherished friends.
Holy Spirit Parish holds me close. I am blessed.”
Theresa Kaminski authored Citizen of
Empire: Ethel Thomas Herold, an American
in the Philippines.
Theresa Kaminski deserves our congratulations.
“My news is that after 10+ years of long work,
my second book was published in June by the
University of Tennessee Press as part of its
Legacies of War series. The title is Citizen of
Empire: Ethel Thomas Herold, an American in
the Philippines.” You go, girl!
Lauren McCormack is alive and well and living
in LA with his wife, Melissa. After a dozen years
working in Chicago as an air traffic controller, he
spent an extended period of time in Costa Rica in
an intensive language program and then returned
to Chicago to work for the Bosnian Refugee Center
teaching ESL and citizenship. He also did some
acting and producing. Today, he’s working in HR
for an LA-based company and is a founding
member of the Seaglass Theatre Company.
Robin Nystrom was ecstatic to learn that one of
her favorite performers, Bobby Kim, would be
performing while she was in Seoul. A friend
wrangled second row seats. She writes, “The
show exceeded my expectations. But wait, it gets
better. I freelance for a Korean-American paper,
writing drama reviews, and the editor suggested
I toss their name out there and see if I could swing
an unscheduled interview. Well, I did and… had
the chance to sit and talk for almost 45 minutes,
one-on-one with someone I admire immensely!
The rest of the trip was fascinating too, but that
was the highlight of the year, hands down. And if
you’re curious, Bobby Kim is on iTunes under his
own name and his group, the Buga Kingz!”
Jim Twist reports, “My household includes myself;
my wife; my 87-year-old father; my son, Mike;
his wife, Ashley; my grandson; Otis, the dog; and
Pancho, the turtle; all in a bungalow in Brookfield.”
While I thought that sounded like the basis for
a cute children’s book, Jim retorted, “A black
comedy on a premium /uncensored network
like HBO is more like it.”
1991
Since my game plan is to stay in touch a couple
times a year to gather and pass news, please make
sure that I or the alumnae/i office has up-to-date
contact info. If you haven’t heard from me, it’s
because we’re missing something. Reach me at
classof1980@dom.edu.
Catherine Gosanko Burnham is a four-time Team
USA participant/athlete in the duathlon; she
received a bronze medal in 2002 at the Duathlon
World Championships in Weyer, Austria. Catherine
is member services manager for the Prairie Stone
Sports and Wellness Center in Hoffman Estates.
Donald Howard had a new grandchild earlier this
year. Tom Mack opened a new podiatry office in
Brookfield. Mary Sue Denson Wysocki’s and
Michael Hattie’s sons both came back safely
from Afghanistan. Tina Marinelli Kaveney MBA
’85 is still involved in Relay for Life, as is Pauline
Toman Brunet with the Special Olympics. Anna
Pesci Ali has moved back to the Chicago area
from Florida. She arrived just in time for the
blizzard in February. What a welcome! Her
mom also passed away recently.
—Rosanna Grimm Bateman, class agent
Grace DuMelle and husband, Walter Podrazik,
and their company, Heartland Historical Research
Service, were recently featured in the Chicago
Tribune. Grace researches histories of Chicagoland
area homes. Grace is also an assistant librarian
at the Newberry Library in Chicago. She speaks
to history and genealogy groups about how to
research. She is the author of Finding Your
Chicago Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide to Family
History in the City and Cook County.
I’m on the hunt for Michael Da Pisa and Anthony
Armonda—they are listed among the missing.
Anyone know where Susan Cottrell Haslwanter
and Francine Schultz are?
1992
Greetings everyone! Can you believe it’s been
almost 20 years since we graduated?? This coming
June 2012 will be our 20th reunion, so please mark
it on your calendars! It seems like only yesterday
that we were dragging ourselves out of our dorm
rooms multiple times in the middle of the night for
false fire alarms. Does anyone remember the noisy
“ghost” in the chapel during our sophomore year…
only to find out the “ghost” was actually a video
game coming from the Grill? How about late-night
Johnnie’s runs?
Thank you to everyone who sent me updates! I’d
love to get some more from you. Please join our
Facebook group—Rosary College/Dominican
University Class of 1992. Instead of sending out
individual emails asking for pictures and updates, I
will only be messaging people in this group (it’s
much faster), and so much fun to reconnect with
old friends in the group. So please join!
I know that a lot of you are involved with eldercare
at this point in your lives, but don’t forget to make
time for yourselves and have some fun!
–Lyn Rohde, class agent
1982
Mary Beth Schnecke Fortier relocated to Tennessee
in December 2010, in part to get away from New
England winters. She writes, “Timing is everything!”
–Susan Jelinek Troppito, class agent
1985
Jan Fedorenko is the senior media manager at
ABC News in Chicago.
Laura Gunnarson Buhrmaster and son, Cameron.
Laura Gunnarson Buhrmaster has lived on the
Northwest side of Chicago with her husband, Scott,
and son, Cameron, for 12 years. Cameron is in fifth
grade at Queen of All Saints School. Laura worked
at a preschool in Evanston for three years, but is
now enjoying life as a stay-at-home mom. She
enjoys cooking in her spare time.
–Lisa Chmela Grzywa, class agent
1990
Thanks to all who friended me on Facebook or
supplied a new email address. Keep those news
notes coming!
Katie and David Granvold, children of Jennifer
Sutton Granvold.
–Hilary Ward Schnadt, class agent
Patrick Kettner; wife, Lisa; and son, Henri.
Jennifer Sutton Granvold recently relocated to
Dallas, TX, along with her husband, Jeff, and twins,
Katie and David, who are now 11 years old. They
love it there, and enjoy playing with their new dog.
31
32
CLASS NEWS
CLASS NEWS
1993
Debbie Brown Dibbern recently enjoyed a trip to
Disneyworld with her husband, Bill, and their kids,
Matthew (13) and Emma (9).
JoAnn Mizgajska Cassell works at McGladrey as
a director in the Assurance Department specializing
in employee benefit plans. She lives with her
husband, Tom, and daughters, Natalie (10) and
Maya (3), in St. Charles with their miniature
schnauzer, Lucy. Last year she took up running
and has competed in some 5K races. This year,
she has decided to take it up a notch and hopes
to run the Chicago Marathon, as a member of
the American Cancer Society running team,
DeterMination. She will be running in memory
of her father.
Hey everyone! Hope all of you are well. Since my
last update, I moved to Crystal Lake. I had a chance
to visit with some of our classmates a few months
back at the home of Melissa Marquardt Nowak ’94
and Jim Nowak ’92. Melissa just returned from a
business trip to India. Now she is back to “life in
the locker room” as she calls living with Jim and
their three boys. I met Paul Connelly’s new
addition, Paxton, who is adorable. He turned 1 in
February. Marsha Hanson Spurlock MLIS ’96 and
her husband, Clay, are enjoying being new parents
to Emily Grace Spurlock, who was born on February
1, 2011. Marsha is enjoying being a stay-at-home
mom. They have already taken Emily to her first
lesson in Scottish dancing! Julie Maloney Stephan
is still teaching in Calumet City and getting ready to
send daughter, Allison, off to college soon. I am
starting a Class of 1993 Facebook page, so look for
it soon. I hope we can all stay better connected
through the power of social media!
–Bridget Loar Harvey MLIS ’96, class agent
1996
house in Brookfield! I am a stay-at-home mommy...
and enjoying every minute of it!”
–Katie Dinelli and Matthew Toles, class agents
1998
2006
Rick Cortina MBA ’08 was recently promoted to
assistant vice president, project manager, in the
Program Management Office for Cole Taylor Bank,
which manages the company’s project portfolio.
Dora Elias-McAllister successfully defended her
dissertation proposal and is pursuing a PhD in
higher education at the University of Maryland.
Verlena Simms recently completed a two-month
tour in Turkey teaching conversational English to
two Turkish families.
–Scott Hanak, class agent
-Annie Hughes and Diane Schultz, class agents
2000
Julie Nowak Houston and husband welcomed
the fourth addition, Charles Allen, to their family
on December 30, 2009. His older brothers—CJ,
Caleb and Carter—are fascinated by their newest
little brother.
-Gigi Benitez and Christopher Phills, class agents
2001
Manal El Hrisse is a programs producer for Aljazeera
Network and presents a weekly segment on
Aljazeera TV.
2007
Colleen Barron received her master of science in
clinical psychology from Benedictine University
and passed her initial licensing exam. She is
currently working with the severely mentally ill in
a long-term residential care facility. Colleen also
recently started working toward a doctorate of
psychology degree at Argosy University.
Tina Fabiano graduated medical school from
Nova Southeastern University and will be doing
her residency in the internal medicine division of
the University of Chicago Northshore Hospital.
Binyamin Jones and RoJenia Judkins Jones
welcomed a baby boy, Omer Binyamin Jones, on
December 29, 2010. Omer weighed 8 lbs, 14 oz
and measured 21" long.
Jacob Clearfield was accepted to the Medical
College of Wisconsin for his residency and will
be studying physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Natalie Felix recently graduated with a master’s
of science in speech and language pathology
from Saint Xavier University.
Patricia Montalbano Roberts and family.
Patricia Montalbano Roberts moved back to
Illinois after living in Arizona for seven years.
She has been married for 13 years and has four
kids ages 18, 12, 10 and 6. She has her own
jewelry design business, which you can check
out at www.bellisimobracelets.com.
Liam Michael Guess, born September 15, 2010,
to Mark Guess and wife, Amy.
Megan Marie Dziadzio, daughter of Kim Jachino
Dziadzio and husband, Michael.
Mark Guess and his wife, Amy, welcomed the birth
of their son, Liam Michael Guess, born September
15, 2010. Liam weighed 7 lb, 3 oz, and was 19.5"
long. Mark is currently vice president, manager of
public relations, at Charter One. The Guess family
resides in Chicago’s Norwood Park neighborhood.
Kim Jachino Dziadzio and her husband, Michael,
welcomed the birth of their daughter, Megan
Marie, on November 13, 2010. She weighed 6 lb,
12 oz and was 19" long.
–Saraliz Jimenez, class agent
1997
–Ali Hecimovich and Chrissie Lukuch, class agents
2002
Thank you again for sending updates—I hope I
didn’t forget anyone! If you have more information
you’d like printed in the next magazine, please feel
free to email me at MJMAS70@aol.com or through
Facebook, under Melissa Mascari SantoPietro.
–Melissa Mascari SantoPietro, class agent
dom.edu / magazine
Alyssa, Kaitlin and Ellen Krivak with baby sister,
Sabrina Adele, daughters of Linda Turek Krivak
and husband, Tony.
Linda Turek Krivak is mom to Kaitlin, 10; Alyssa, 7;
Ellen, 5; and newest addition, Sabrina Adele, born
November 11, 2010. She writes, “Our four girls, plus
my husband, Tony, and I live in a ONE bathroom
Stephanie Lieberman recently graduated from
John Marshall Law School and successfully
passed the Illinois Bar Exam and is participating
in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.
In September 2010, Roberta Garippo opened a dance
studio with her sister Carla Garippo ’05 in Highland
Park called Center Stage Academy of Dance.
Monica Prus is in her first year at the University
of Illinois at Chicago pursuing her master’s in
graphic design.
Melissa Mascari SantoPietro and daughter, Chiara.
I am still enjoying my job as a stay-at-home mom
to my daughter, Chiara (4). She signed on with a
talent agent about six months ago, and she loves
the print work she gets to do. When she starts
kindergarten next year, (gasp!) I will be going
back to work as a TV producer, but part time. We
adopted a 2-year-old dog, Rocco, about eight
months ago, and we are all enjoying him very much.
Dorothy Paape MBA ’09 married her boyfriend of
seven and a half years in 2010 and they recently
purchased their first home in Algonquin. She also
has been working at SPINS Inc, a marketing
research firm that provides information and
services to the natural, organic and specialty
gourmet industry.
Crissy Atwood Barnat MLIS ’10 married Robert
Barnat. The newlyweds honeymooned in the
Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Marjorie Wynkoop-Sullivan closed on her new
home with her husband in Broadview. Marjorie is a
case manager/supervisor at Oak-Leyden
Developmental Services.
–Debbie Stewart and Maria Conforti, class agents
Stephanie Adams Taylor is a massage therapist
and was valedictorian of her massage school
(Institute of Therapeutic Massage). She is also
using her theatre arts degree by playing the role
of Meg in Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
at the Prairie Players Theatre in Galesburg, IL.
She recently finished stage managing August:
Osage County with the New Ground Theatre in
Davenport, IA. She and her husband recently
opened a retail store, The Gaming Goat, in Elgin.
Concetta Cipriano started her clothing line,
Cettina, last year. In January 2011, she was
selected as one of six designers in residence
for the Chicago Fashion Incubator at Macy’s on
State Street. She is currently a resident of the
program, where she is working on launching her
wholesale line for Spring/Summer 2012.
Katy Thoman recently graduated from St. Louis
University Law School, passed the Missouri bar
exam, and is now working as an assistant public
defender for the Missouri state public defender’s office.
Elizabeth Fiona Trischan, on March 4, 2011.
Stefanie Piatkiewicz currently works with Mindful
Practices, an organization dedicated to bringing
wellness to communities from all walks of life.
She teaches hip-hop yoga to children in the CPS
schools. She is also on work-study at the Lou
Conte Dance Studio where she continues her dance
training. She is also currently training with YogaFit
to obtain her 200-hour RYT yoga certification.
Lastly, she is dancing with the classical modern
dance company Duncan Dance Chicago (DDC).
Mihnea “Mike” Haiduc plays basketball for CSU
Sibiu, a professional basketball club based in
Sibiu, Romania. Their season runs from August to
May, after which Mike returns home to Chicago.
Giana Giuffre Galeno has been working at Lincoln
Park Zoo as a keeper since 2008. She works in the
bird house (raises endangered chicks), animal
hospital (everything from goats to snow leopards)
and Regenstein African Journey building (hippos
and rhinos). She got married in November 2010;
her husband works for the Traveling World of
Reptiles and does educational reptile shows, so
she has 15 or more reptiles, amphibians, etc., in
her basement at any given time!
Tony Arbogast and Katie Carlin Arbogast bought
a house in Minooka, IL, in summer 2010.
Crystal Williams is working full-time as a
professional fundraiser and pursuing a master’s in
nonprofit administration at North Park University.
Thank you for your submissions. Please be sure to
keep us updated! Email your class agents at
classof2008@dom.edu, or join the Facebook
group, Dominican University-Class of 2008.
–Catherine Joy Calixto, class agent
2009
Michelle Behnke lives in Maidenhead, United
Kingdom, and recently received her master’s degree
in communities, organizations, and social change
from the City University of London in England.
Deanna Foley Fiorentino married in February 2011
and resides in Des Plaines. She works for a coupon
clearinghouse and continues to be involved in
theatre in the Chicago area. She is looking forward
to her upcoming trips to Europe and Australia.
Bridget Enright Villegas is a first grade teacher
in Joliet. In 2009, she earned a master of arts
degree with reading specialist certification. She
and her husband were blessed to welcome a son,
AJ, into their lives in January 2010.
–Melissa Bond, Lindsay Buoniconti and
Shannon Sromek, class agents
Mark Carbonara graduated from Western Illinois
University with a master of science in college
student personnel and is currently working at
North Central College in Naperville. Mark is an
area hall director and oversees the residence halls
for all first-year male students on campus. Mark
was also recently appointed to a two-year term as
the state advisor for the Illinois Residence Hall
Association (IRHA).
Over the past year, Kelly Adler has been working
as a marketing assistant for an inside sales team
called the business development team at HUB
International, the ninth-largest insurance brokerage
firm. Kelly moved to Forest Park and keeps up with
news of Dominican’s women’s soccer team!
–Mark Carbonara, Adam Heusinkveld and
Stephanie Lieberman, class agents
2008
Hollie Benedik recently displayed her senior thesis
project from Dominican in an art exhibit called
“Wounded in Action: An Art Exhibition of Orthopaedic
Advancements.” The exhibit, which included pieces
from a number of other artists, ran from June
through August 2011 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
More information about the artwork can be found
online at www.woundedinactionart.org. “Who would
have thought I could display my senior thesis work
again,” writes Hollie. “It feels great!”
2010
Ashley Boyd is pursuing a dual master’s degree in
art therapy and counseling with a concentration in
the treatment of substance abuse and addictive
disorders at Adler School of Professional Psychology.
She recently developed an art curriculum for a
nonprofit organization working with individuals with
developmental and intellectual disabilities.
This past summer Ashley showed her fabric sculpture
work at an art exhibition on animals of flight and
mandalas. She started an art therapy practicum
internship this fall at Riveredge Inpatient Hospital.
Marnecia Brownlee is in graduate school at Loyola
for a master’s of social work with a focus in family
and children services. She recently started a job
through the nonprofit organization where she
completed her DU internship. Marnecia also works
for an after-school program at Northlake Middle School.
Andre Burrell is in his first year of graduate school
at DePaul in the Loop for a master of science in
software engineering. Andre works in DePaul’s IT
department and as a student grading assistant for
his professors.
Michelle Calvert was part of the Dominican Volunteers
USA Program. As a Dominican Volunteer, Michelle
worked as a third grade assistant teacher in Atlanta
and lived in community with five Dominican Sisters.
In June, she started a master of science in
education program at Northwestern University.
Elizabeth Fiona Trischan, daughter of Julia
Cisneros Trischan and husband, Chris.
Julia Cisneros Trischan and her husband, Chris,
welcomed their first child to the world, daughter
Paolo Cosentino works for Tukaiz, a design company.
He currently works on the interactive development
side. In his free time, Paolo has been taking classes
to become a certified EMT.
33
34
CLASS NEWS
After graduation, Ivana Debro spent two months in
Europe with family. Shortly after her return to the
states, she found a job in the accounting field with
an international firm located in the Willis Tower.
I N S Y M PAT H Y
Rene Seigneur is pursuing an MBA in international
business/finance and accounting at Benedictine
University in Lisle.
Maryann Dreas spent last school year as an English
teacher in a village in the Republic of Georgia, teaching
8-to-18-year-old students. She reports, “This is the
best thing I’ve ever done. Now, I’m back with my
college sweetheart and ready for the next adventure.
The first year after college is so unsure and daunting,
but that’s part of the fun—that we can be anything
we want. The world is still ours, so let’s go get it.”
After graduating from DU, Edgar Torres returned to
his previous post as the lead designer for printing
company Dot Press, then transitioned to a position
as lead designer at a small, start-up marketing
company called CMO Inc., which publishes the Un
Buen Doctor magazine and website. Edgar also
works as a freelance graphic designer around
Chicagoland while starting his own business
creating all-occasion invitations.
Kelly Gallois is pursuing her master’s degree at
Rush University College of Nursing along with fellow
alum Gabrielle Mazade. Kelly and Gabrielle recently
completed their medical-surgical nursing and
psychology quarter. They work with Chicago-area
patients in varied settings such as inpatient,
rehabilitation, psychiatry and postoperative care.
Tracy Williams is a medical ambassador for the
American Cancer Society, where she assists in the
creation of nutrition education campaigns and
presents the Cooking Smart program to local
churches in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. Tracy
also has a side business with Mary Kay Cosmetics,
which will soon feature a nutrition component.
Elizabeth Gonzalez finds herself living every day by
the Dominican mission, giving compassionate service
and participating in the creation of a more just and
humane world in her job teaching at-risk preschoolers.
Roslyn Anderson teaches third grade at St.
Bernardine School in Forest Park, and also
shares her musical talents with the parish.
Roslyn celebrated completing her first year of
teaching with a trip to Alaska.
Annie Hussey completed her year of service with
Dominican Volunteers where she worked as a
marketing and program assistant at WomanCraft,
a green social enterprise of Heartland Alliance. In
July, Annie started a position as marketing and
communications coordinator at Global Handmade
Hope, a fair trade company located in Park Ridge.
After graduation, Che’Carra Jackson worked at
Dominican with Trudi Goggin and the Office of
Alumnae/i Relations. Last October, she accepted
a position as receptionist at Sedgwick Claims, a
third-party insurance company handling workers
compensation, liability and disability claims.
Che’Carra has received two awards for upholding
Sedgwick values of excellence and giving great
customer service.
Caitlyn Kamm is currently pursuing a master’s degree
at Iowa State University in the history of textiles.
Penelopi Kokkinias recently started a new job
at Life Fitness.
Jennifer Langer is currently in graduate school at
Concordia University in River Forest, continuing her
studies in the field of gerontology.
Zach Maher is pursuing a master’s degree in
security and intelligence studies at the University of
Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs.
Katie Lynn Pistorio works at the Dominican’s Rose
K. Goedert Center for Early Childhood Education
while finishing her master’s degree in special
education.
Cynthia Rodriguez is a Title 1 teacher for Catapult
Learning in Chicago, working with K-8 students who
need extra assistance in reading and math. In her
spare time, she travels as much as possible.
Jennifer Ruler is an assistant manager for Nordstrom’s
Woodfield location. She is also exploring the
possibility of starting her own clothing line.
Lisanne Scannicchio became a licensed leasing
agent last October and works for a property
management company in Oak Park. She recently
started the two-year master’s program in clinical
psychology with a concentration in counseling and a
specialization in adolescents at the Chicago School
of Professional Psychology.
dom.edu / magazine
Zlatan Hodzic began working on the floor at the
Chicago Board of Trade for a proprietary trading
firm last September and currently assists traders
in monitoring their positions and hedging their
options trades with S&P futures.
Whitney Mullins has been working as a substitute
teacher in District 84 in Franklin Park, where she
student-taught while at DU.
After graduating, Amy Kenat worked as an editorial
intern at a Loop publishing company where she
wrote and edited magazine articles, video scripts
and social media content. Currently, she lives in
the city and works full time as a writer for a
relationship-marketing agency.
–Annie Hussey, class agent
School of Education
Hector Lopez MAEd ’10 develops and coordinates
the ESL Credit Program for Southwest Texas Junior
College. Hector is dedicated to the students of the
southwest Texas region, especially at-risk and
underserved student populations. Hector lives in
Uvalde, TX, with his wife and three children.
Graduate School of Library
and Information Science
Kathleen McSwain MALS ’82, director of the Chicago
Ridge Public Library, received the 2011 Robert R.
McClarren Legislative Development Award. Kathy
has been the organizer and the planner for the
Illinois Libraries and Legislator Breakfast, hosted
each April in Springfield. She was instrumental in
the success of the Save Illinois Libraries campaign,
which promoted library funding. In February 2010,
Kathy helped promote the successful ILA “Snapshot
of a Library.” Libraries all over the country contributed
photos and recorded statements of individuals
visiting libraries proving the importance of
public, school and specialty libraries in their
respective communities.
Dan Zamudio MLIS ’01 held a solo exhibition of
his photographs at the Chicago Cultural Center
called “Chicago and the Diana: Toy Camera
Images by Dan Zamudio.” Dan’s work can be
seen at www.sulzenfineartstudio.com.
Liz Garcia MLIS ’05 is the new manager of the
Chicago Public Library’s West Lawn branch. She
is currently working on her doctorate degree in
library science at Dominican.
Janice Gintzler MLIS ’07 lives in Crestwood,
and recently traveled cross country by train to
visit Yosemite National Forest. Janice is a secretary
of program resources for Northern Illinois United
Methodist Women, and a member of Voices for
Creative Nonviolence, Kathy Kelly’s peace with
justice organization.
Evan Boyd MLIS ’09 has accepted the position of
bibliographer at the rank of assistant professor at
the University of Northern Iowa’s Rod Library.
Allison Richmond MLIS ’09 is the school librarian
for Camdenton High School in Camdenton, MO.
Brennan School of Business
Michael Stark MBA ’89 is chief operating officer
and chief financial officer for Coral Chemical
Company in Zion.
Renato Urvaneja MBA ’95 lives in Campinas, Brazil,
and was recently named the CFO of South America
for Owens Corning.
Christopher Koetke MBA ’07 received the Brennan
School of Business’s Outstanding Alumni Award
during Dominican University’s commencement
exercises in May. Christopher is executive director
of Kendall College School of Culinary Arts. Under
his leadership, the school was awarded the 2008
Academy of the Culinary Arts Cordon d’Or Gold
Ribbon Cooking School of the Year. Also under his
leadership, the school launched a sustainability
initiative, which in 2007, was awarded the Green
Award from Foodservice Consultants Society
International.
Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
A lumnae / i
Ruth McGrath O’Keefe ’35
Adelaide Daly Clark ’40
Catherine Dugan O’Connor ’41
Edna “Dolly” Lewis Del Zoppo ’43
Frances Earle Bell ’44
Marguerite Graffy ’45
Jacqueline Lord Brisch ’46
Ruth Polanco Stitzel ’46
Mary Margaret Winterfield Rogers ’47
Katherine Kerwin Ryan ’47
Mary Patricia Cooney ’48
Irene Hellyer Rodgers ’48
Lois Bovington Camp ’49
Mary Jurich ’49
Mary Kern Dady-Colbert ’50
Marie Thomas Knorr ’50
Marilyn Stone Vonesh ’50
Sr. Thecla Simon, CSA MALS ’56
Patricia Ricci Doyle ’57
Elizabeth “Nancy” Reuland Welch ’57
Jo Ann Lyden Nowlan ’58
Sr. Joanice Theobald, OSF MALS ’59
Sr. Rosella Namer, FSPA MALS ’61
Gale Mayo Ebersberger ’62
Kate Butler Peterson ’62
Mary Susan Baumbach Smith ’63
Ruth Broche ’64
Annabelle “Nippy” Lisic ’64
Patricia Cusack Millet ’64
Patricia Piepho MALS ’65
Jacqueline Van Hal ’68
Frances Johnson Bradbury MALS ’71
Mary Watrous MALS ’71
Elizabeth “Betty” Howard
Aamodt ’57 MALS ’72
May Brottman MALS ’74
Jo Ann Joyce ’76
Ronald Lewis MBA ’79
Jennifer Brandt ’81
Diane Fiorda MBA ’82
Cristine Hiatt Sakalas MALIS ’83
William Wleklinski MALIS ’86
Mary Erlewine Handrick MLIS ’97
Kathleen Rozak MSEd ’99
Kelley Shelton MLIS ’01
Cathy Barlow ’11
N on - g raduating
A lum nae / i
Mary Pitzenberger Charles
Margaret Lahey Laisy
Helen Mouzakeotis
Vivian Stiell Pace
Kathleen Paver
Dolores Race Shirey
D ominican S isters
Sr. Maristella Goebel, OP*
Psalm 30:5
U niversity F riend
John A. Donahue^
Jack Goedert^
Fr. Edmund Fitzpatrick*
B rother - in - law of
Carolyn Noonan Parmer ’52+
Ellen Bendry ’57
Moira Donahue Murray ’71, MBA ’82
Note: This list reflects all the deaths
received between December 1, 2010
and July 1, 2011. Please call the Office of
Alumnae/i Relations at (708) 524-6286
regarding omissions or discrepancies.
M other of
Kathleen O’Keefe Anderson ’67
Mary Eileen O’Keefe Bateman ’68
Edna Del Zoppo ’68
Joan Hopkins ’72, MALS ’73
Mary Welch-Sauer ’81
Jeanne Sullivan Goss ’79, MALIS ’82
Loretta Welch Rodriguez ’82
Maria Ibarra ’08
Ahmed Youssef ’11
Dasheena Harris**
Dick Walstra*
S ister - in - law of
Carol Welch Matusak ’68
Deborah Bowser Joyce ’76
Marie Dirr Von Ebers ’79*
To make a gift in memory of a loved one,
please call the Office of Annual Giving at
(708) 524-6298, or visit dom.edu/give.
U ncle of
Victoria Kathrein ’05
*Staff/Faculty
**Student
^Friend
+Trustee
F ather of
Thomas Kourim ’77
Jacklyn Egolf ’78
Kate Green Marek MALS ’80
Coreen “Cory” Venditti Pope ’81
Rosalind Radcliff Parker ’08, MSOL ’10
Nicole Brochmann ’02
Mia Duarte**
M other - in - law of
Donald Hamerly*
Maria Onofrio Ventimiglia ’99*
H usband of
Helen Hillenbrand Conroy ’42
Charleen O’Connor Berens ’49
Blanche Foley Antonello ’51
Donna Davin Lindgren ’59
F ianc é E of
Craig Scott*
D aughter of
Virginia Lyons Mullery ’50
B rother of
Alfia Giannasi Sassetti ’51
Helen Callahan ’63
Gail Waterloo Spindler ’75
Esperanza Plana*
A unt of
Deborah Hart ’62
Dorothy Hart ’62
Mary Ann McGrath Howie ’65
Madeleine McGrath Gallagher ’66
Kathleen McGrath Swantek ’71, MALS ’80
John Kelly MBA ’81
Julia Doloszycki*
C ousin of
Sr. Clemente Davlin, OP ’50*
Mary Lou Walsh Hugar ’60
G randfather of
Joanna Marek MLIS ’08
Monica Guzman ’11
Shannon Seegers ’11
Talonda Burnett*
Lauren Cifonie**
Corey Rudolph**
G randmother of
Christie Anderson ’02
Kristen Koll ’02
Michael Zubik ’08
Cassie Hileman ’09
Katie Pistorio ’10
Albert Galang**
Molly McGrail**
Daryle Tan**
G reat - G randmother of
Teresamarie Cervone ’08
Danielle Cervone**
S tep - B rother of
John Tsouchlos*
S ister of
Helen Hillenbrand Conroy ’42
Mary Kerwin White ’44
Mary Lou Gladstone McCabe ’52
Joan Gladstone Berg ’57
Marilyn Bongiorno Doherty ’58
Kathleen Mullaney*
35
36
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Come be a part of the many events
Dominican University has to offer.
October
November
January
Art Exhibit: Fictional Landscapes
September 21 – October 29
O’Connor Art Gallery
Lund-Gill Lecture: Eboo Patel
Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership
in a Time of Global Religious Crisis
Tuesday, November 1, 7:00 p.m.
Martin Recital Hall
Winter Commencement
Saturday, January 14, 2012, 1:00 p.m.
Lund Auditorium
Homecoming & Family Weekend
Friday, September 30, through
Sunday, October 2
Albertus Magnus Lecture: Trevor Bechtel
Discernment and Community in the Twitter Age
Thursday, October 13, 7:00 p.m.
Priory Auditorium
Art Exhibit: Cosmic Commentaries
November 2 – December 14
Founder’s Day Celebration
Thursday, November 3
Eighth Annual Hispanic Heritage Reception
Friday, October 14, 6:00 p.m.
Social Hall
Memorial Mass and Brunch
Sunday, November 6, 11:00 a.m.
Rosary Chapel
President’s Signature Concert —
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Saturday, October 15, 7:30 p.m.
Mazzuchelli Lecture: Jeanette Rodriguez
Resistance, Faith and Social Change
Martin Recital Hall
Ethics and Leadership Lecture: Mary Robinson
Encouraging Corporate Social Responsibility
Tuesday, October 18, 6:00 p.m.
University Club, Chicago
Siena Center Lecture: Mary Gordon
Reading Jesus: How Story Shapes Us
Thursday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
Martin Recital Hall
Albertus Magnus Lecture: George Coyne, SJ
Children of a Fertile Universe:
Chance, Destiny and a Creator God
Thursday, November 17, 7:00 p.m.
Priory Auditorium
Siena Center Advent Lecture: Edward Foley,
Capuchin, How the Pendulum Swings:
The New Translation of the Roman Missal
Priory Auditorium
December
Siena Center Advent Program —
Dianne Bergant, CSA, PhD
Is God’s Reign of Peace Really Possible?
Thursday, December 2, 7:00 p.m.
Priory Auditorium
Caritas et Veritas Dinner and Lecture:
Angel Méndez Montoya, OP
God-talk That Nourishes and Delights
Monday, January 23, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
Shaffer Silveri Atrium, Parmer Hall
Art Exhibit: First Love
January 25 – February 25, 2012
February
Albertus Magnus Lecture: Heidi Russell
In the Beginning…Recasting the Christian
Story in Light of Scientific Developments
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Priory Auditorium
Siena Center Lecture: M. Cathleen Kaveny
Catholics in the Public Square:
Prophecy, Civility and Truth
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:00 p.m.
Priory Auditorium
March
Art Exhibit Student Exhibition
March 7 – March 24, 2012
32nd Annual Trustee Benefit Concert
Marvin Hamlisch, Nicole Cabell
Saturday, March 10, 2012, 5:00 p.m.
dom.edu / magazine
The Annual Fund supports scholarships,
international study, service opportunities
and faculty who encourage our students
to be responsible global citizens.
“
My time at Dominican has been an
extraordinary experience. I have deepened
my faith through my involvement with
University Ministry and expanded
my worldview under the guidance
of supportive professors.”
Brent James George Smith, Class of 2014
Dean’s Scholarship Recipient
Hometown: Carol Stream, IL
Majors: Corporate Communications and Theology
Activities: New Hope Catholic Worker Farm trip,
Mission to the Mound, Dominican Preaching in
Action national conference
you make
the amazing 28th Annual Alumnae/i Children’s
Christmas Party
Saturday, December 3, 12:30 p.m.
Dining and Social Halls
“Lessons and Carols” A Candlelight
Service of Prayer and Music
A Dominican University Christmas Tradition
Tuesday, December 6, 5:00 p.m.
Rosary Chapel
You make the
amazing possible
for students
like Brent with
your gift to the
Annual Fund.
* See page 5 for a listing of 2011-2012
Performing Arts Center events and
performances
Give to
THE ANNUAL FUND
2011-2012
Dominican University
Office of University Advancement
7900 West Division Street
(708) 524-6298
dom.edu/give

Fall 2011 - Dominican University Newsroom

Transcription

Similar documents

ENCUENTRO DOMINICANO

Page 12 - Gringo Times

Ocean World Marina

PDF of project data sheet.

City Design Tour

Suggested Group Activities (Full-Day) Saona Island with Altos de

here - Gringo Times

read article - Silver Elements Collection

Voyages to the Dominican Republic and Cuba beginning

SKYLAKE SIONS

Foreign Direct Investment in the Dominican - K